diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyzmq_23.2.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyzmq_23.2.1.bb
index d91d71b279..ea6391f3dd 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyzmq_23.2.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyzmq_23.2.1.bb
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += "\
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "\
         ${PN}-test \
+        ${PYTHON_PN}-pytest \
 "
 
 do_compile:prepend() {