diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-whoosh.inc b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-whoosh.inc
index 040b32458..b059b8d38 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-whoosh.inc
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-whoosh.inc
@@ -22,3 +22,19 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} += " \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-shell \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-stringold \
 "
+
+SRC_URI += " \
+	file://run-ptest \
+"
+
+inherit ptest
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest += " \
+	${PYTHON_PN}-pytest \
+	${PYTHON_PN}-fcntl \
+"
+
+do_install_ptest() {
+	install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
+	cp -rf ${S}/tests/* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+}
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-whoosh/run-ptest b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-whoosh/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40c284799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-whoosh/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+pytest