diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-gunicorn_26.0.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-gunicorn_26.0.0.bb
index 449c9685ca..575e8a66e1 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-gunicorn_26.0.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-gunicorn_26.0.0.bb
@@ -19,13 +19,25 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += " \
     python3-eventlet \
     python3-gevent \
     python3-misc \
+    python3-multiprocessing \
     python3-pytest \
+    python3-pytest-asyncio \
     python3-unittest-automake-output \
 "
 
 do_install_ptest() {
 	install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
 	cp -rf ${S}/tests/* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+	# tests/docker/* are docker-compose/Dockerfile-driven integration tests
+	# requiring a Docker daemon, which the ptest QEMU environment doesn't have
+	rm -rf ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/docker
+	# upstream's pyproject.toml sets asyncio_mode=auto for the async tests
+	# under tests/dirty and tests/ctl; provide just that bit without pulling
+	# in the rest of upstream's addopts (e.g. --cov=gunicorn)
+	cat > ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/pytest.ini <<EOF
+[pytest]
+asyncio_mode = auto
+EOF
 }
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "python3-setuptools python3-fcntl"