diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
index faa9bd6983..da9153b998 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PTESTS_FAST = "\
     diffutils \
     ethtool \
     expat \
+    expect \
     findutils \
     flex \
     gawk \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/expect/expect/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-devtools/expect/expect/run-ptest
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..856c314eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/expect/expect/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+out_put=`tclsh tests/all.tcl -verbose bpse`
+echo
+echo "${out_put}" | awk '/PASSED|FAILED|SKIPPED/{gsub(/PASSED/,"PASS"); gsub(/FAILED/,"FAIL"); gsub(/SKIPPED/,"SKIP"); if ($NF=="PASS"){print $NF": "$(NF-1)}else{print $NF": "$2}}' | uniq
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/expect/expect_5.45.4.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/expect/expect_5.45.4.bb
index 6cb46f334c..7b610b1ff2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/expect/expect_5.45.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/expect/expect_5.45.4.bb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://license.terms;md5=fbf2de7e9102505b1439db06fc36ce5c"
 DEPENDS += "tcl"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "tcl"
 
-inherit autotools update-alternatives
+inherit autotools update-alternatives ptest
 
 SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/expect/Expect/${PV}/${BPN}${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://0001-configure.in.patch \
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/expect/Expect/${PV}/${BPN}${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://0001-exp_main_sub.c-Use-PATH_MAX-for-path.patch \
            file://0001-fixline1-fix-line-1.patch \
            file://0001-Add-prototype-to-function-definitions.patch \
+           file://run-ptest \
            "
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "00fce8de158422f5ccd2666512329bd2"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "49a7da83b0bdd9f46d04a04deec19c7767bb9a323e40c4781f89caf760b92c34"
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ do_install:append() {
         sed -e 's|$dir|${libdir}|' -i ${D}${libdir}/expect${PV}/pkgIndex.tcl
 }
 
+do_install_ptest() {
+    install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
+    cp -r ${S}/tests ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
+}
+
 # Apparently the public Tcl headers are only in /usr/include/tcl8.6
 # when building for the target and nativesdk.
 TCL_INCLUDE_PATH = "--with-tclinclude=${STAGING_INCDIR}/tcl8.6"