diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt.inc
index 01fc22e996..c93c38b83c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt.inc
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ do_install:append:class-native () {
 
 # The tests need to run as a non-root user, so pull in the ptest user
 DEPENDS:append:class-target = "${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', ' ptest-runner', '', d)}"
+PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "ptest-runner"
 
 do_install_ptest() {
 	install ${WORKDIR}/test.sh ${D}${PTEST_PATH}