diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ptyprocess_0.7.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ptyprocess_0.7.0.bb
index bff2d499f1..2a8b8730c4 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ptyprocess_0.7.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ptyprocess_0.7.0.bb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += " \
 	${PYTHON_PN}-fcntl \
 	${PYTHON_PN}-terminal \
 	${PYTHON_PN}-resource \
+	bash \
 "
 
 do_install_ptest() {