diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils/run-ptest
index 3dec117067..0c9af47efd 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils/run-ptest
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils/run-ptest
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ ln -s /usr/bin/find /tmp/oldfind
 # make oldfind visible
 export PATH="/tmp:${PATH}"
 
+# Add findutils ptest directory to PATH for getlimits
+export PATH="/usr/lib/findutils/ptest:${PATH}"
+
 export built_programs="find xargs locate updatedb"
 
 # this gets substituted by sed during build
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils_4.10.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils_4.10.0.bb
index 57f77de16f..aa21637657 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils_4.10.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils_4.10.0.bb
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += "gl_cv_func_wcwidth_works=yes"
 EXTRA_OECONF += "ac_cv_path_SORT=${bindir}/sort"
 
 # need od from coreutils for -t option
-RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "bash sed grep coreutils coreutils-getlimits"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "bash sed grep coreutils"
 
 do_install_ptest:class-target() {
 	mkdir -p ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
 	cp ${S}/init.cfg ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
 	cp -r ${S}/tests/* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+	install -m 755 ${B}/find/getlimits ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/
 
 	# substitute value in run-ptest with actual version
 	sed -i -e 's/__run_ptest_version__/${PV}/' ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/run-ptest