diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py
index 36acc006ca..7d3a00e2ab 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ class OEGitproxyTests(OEScriptTests):
 class OeRunNativeTest(OESelftestTestCase):
     def test_oe_run_native(self):
         bitbake("qemu-helper-native -c addto_recipe_sysroot")
-        result = runCmd("oe-run-native qemu-helper-native qemu-oe-bridge-helper", ignore_status=True)
-        self.assertIn("No bridge helper found", result.output)
+        result = runCmd("oe-run-native qemu-helper-native qemu-oe-bridge-helper --help")
+        self.assertIn("Helper function to find and exec qemu-bridge-helper", result.output)
 
 class OEListPackageconfigTests(OEScriptTests):
     #oe-core.scripts.List_all_the_PACKAGECONFIG's_flags
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper.c b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper.c
index 9434e1d269..c34aa00567 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper.c
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         return 1;
     }
 
+    if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Helper function to find and exec qemu-bridge-helper. Set QEMU_BRIDGE_HELPER to override default search path\n");
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     try_program("/usr/libexec/qemu-bridge-helper", argv);
     try_program("/usr/lib/qemu/qemu-bridge-helper", argv);