diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-lz4/run-ptest b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-lz4/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b245bcd8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-lz4/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+pytest -v
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-lz4_4.0.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-lz4_4.0.0.bb
index 75472d327e..ef5b006272 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-lz4_4.0.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-lz4_4.0.0.bb
@@ -9,8 +9,18 @@ DEPENDS += " \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-pkgconfig-native \
 "
 
+SRC_URI += "file://run-ptest"
+
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "57c5dfd3b7dae833b0d2b2c1aafd7f9d0dfcab40683d183d010c67c9fd1beca3"
 
-inherit pkgconfig pypi python_setuptools_build_meta
+inherit pkgconfig pypi python_setuptools_build_meta ptest
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "${PYTHON_PN}-pytest ${PYTHON_PN}-multiprocessing ${PYTHON_PN}-psutil"
+
+do_install_ptest() {
+    cp -rf ${S}/tests/ ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/
+    # The stream API is experimental and not enabled yet, so don't ship the test suite
+    rm -rf ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/stream
+}
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"