diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-users/creategroup1.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-users/creategroup1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebbbfaa83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-users/creategroup1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+SUMMARY = "creategroup pt 1"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
+
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+
+DEPENDS = "coreutils-native"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+inherit useradd allarch
+
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "-u 5555 --gid grouptest gt1"
+GROUPADD_PARAM:${PN} = "-r grouptest"
+
+TESTDIR = "${D}${sysconfdir}/creategroup"
+
+do_install() {
+	install -d   ${TESTDIR}
+	install -d   ${TESTDIR}/dir
+	touch        ${TESTDIR}/file
+	ln -s ./file ${TESTDIR}/symlink
+	install -d   ${TESTDIR}/fifotest
+	mkfifo       ${TESTDIR}/fifotest/fifo
+
+	chown    gt1:grouptest ${TESTDIR}/file
+	chown -R gt1:grouptest ${TESTDIR}/dir
+	chown -h gt1:grouptest ${TESTDIR}/symlink
+	chown -R gt1:grouptest ${TESTDIR}/fifotest
+}
+
+FILES:${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/creategroup/*"
diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-users/creategroup2.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-users/creategroup2.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef697f09b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-users/creategroup2.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+SUMMARY = "creategroup pt 2"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
+
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+
+DEPENDS = "coreutils-native"
+USERADD_DEPENDS = "creategroup1"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+inherit useradd allarch
+
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "-u 5556 --gid grouptest gt2"
+
+TESTDIR = "${D}${sysconfdir}/creategroup"
+
+do_install() {
+	install -d   ${TESTDIR}
+	install -d   ${TESTDIR}/dir
+	touch        ${TESTDIR}/file
+	ln -s ./file ${TESTDIR}/symlink
+	install -d   ${TESTDIR}/fifotest
+	mkfifo       ${TESTDIR}/fifotest/fifo
+
+	chown    gt2:grouptest ${TESTDIR}/file
+	chown -R gt2:grouptest ${TESTDIR}/dir
+	chown -h gt2:grouptest ${TESTDIR}/symlink
+	chown -R gt2:grouptest ${TESTDIR}/fifotest
+}
+
+FILES:${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/creategroup/*"
+
diff --git a/meta/classes/useradd.bbclass b/meta/classes/useradd.bbclass
index 20771a0ce5..e179c1039b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/useradd.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/useradd.bbclass
@@ -171,9 +171,11 @@ SYSROOT_PREPROCESS_FUNCS += "${SYSROOTFUNC}"
 
 SSTATEPREINSTFUNCS:append:class-target = " useradd_sysroot_sstate"
 
+USERADD_DEPENDS ??= ""
+DEPENDS += "${USERADD_DEPENDS}"
 do_package_setscene[depends] += "${USERADDSETSCENEDEPS}"
 do_populate_sysroot_setscene[depends] += "${USERADDSETSCENEDEPS}"
-USERADDSETSCENEDEPS:class-target = "${MLPREFIX}base-passwd:do_populate_sysroot_setscene pseudo-native:do_populate_sysroot_setscene shadow-native:do_populate_sysroot_setscene ${MLPREFIX}shadow-sysroot:do_populate_sysroot_setscene"
+USERADDSETSCENEDEPS:class-target = "${MLPREFIX}base-passwd:do_populate_sysroot_setscene pseudo-native:do_populate_sysroot_setscene shadow-native:do_populate_sysroot_setscene ${MLPREFIX}shadow-sysroot:do_populate_sysroot_setscene ${@' '.join(['%s:do_populate_sysroot_setscene' % pkg for pkg in d.getVar("USERADD_DEPENDS").split()])}"
 USERADDSETSCENEDEPS = ""
 
 # Recipe parse-time sanity checks
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/usergrouptests.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/usergrouptests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98e8102590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/usergrouptests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
+from oeqa.utils.commands import bitbake
+
+class UserGroupTests(OESelftestTestCase):
+    def test_group_from_dep_package(self):
+        self.logger.info("Building creategroup2")
+        bitbake(' creategroup2 creategroup1')
+        bitbake(' creategroup2 creategroup1 -c clean')
+        self.logger.info("Packaging creategroup2")
+        self.assertTrue(bitbake(' creategroup2 -c package'))
+