diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6/Makefile.am b/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6/Makefile.am
index 070d57b243..1d163b6c98 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6/Makefile.am
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6/Makefile.am
@@ -26,6 +26,36 @@ bin_SCRIPTS = bzgrep bzmore bzdiff
 man_MANS = bzip2.1 bzgrep.1 bzmore.1 bzdiff.1
 EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS)
 
+runtest:
+	./bzip2 -1  < sample1.ref > sample1.rb2
+	./bzip2 -2  < sample2.ref > sample2.rb2
+	./bzip2 -3  < sample3.ref > sample3.rb2
+	./bzip2 -d  < sample1.bz2 > sample1.tst
+	./bzip2 -d  < sample2.bz2 > sample2.tst
+	./bzip2 -ds < sample3.bz2 > sample3.tst
+	@if cmp sample1.bz2 sample1.rb2; then echo "PASS: sample1 compress";\
+	else echo "FAIL: sample1 compress"; fi
+	@if cmp sample2.bz2 sample2.rb2; then echo "PASS: sample2 compress";\
+	else echo "FAIL: sample2 compress"; fi
+	@if cmp sample3.bz2 sample3.rb2; then echo "PASS: sample3 compress";\
+	else echo "FAIL: sample3 compress"; fi
+	@if cmp sample1.tst sample1.ref; then echo "PASS: sample1 decompress";\
+	else echo "FAIL: sample1 decompress"; fi
+	@if cmp sample2.tst sample2.ref; then echo "PASS: sample2 decompress";\
+	else echo "FAIL: sample2 decompress"; fi
+	@if cmp sample3.tst sample3.ref; then echo "PASS: sample3 decompress";\
+	else echo "FAIL: sample3 decompress"; fi
+
+install-ptest:
+	cp $(srcdir)/Makefile		$(DESTDIR)/
+	cp $(srcdir)/sample1.ref	$(DESTDIR)/
+	cp $(srcdir)/sample2.ref	$(DESTDIR)/
+	cp $(srcdir)/sample3.ref	$(DESTDIR)/
+	cp $(srcdir)/sample1.bz2	$(DESTDIR)/
+	cp $(srcdir)/sample2.bz2	$(DESTDIR)/
+	cp $(srcdir)/sample3.bz2	$(DESTDIR)/
+	ln -s $(bindir)/bzip2		$(DESTDIR)/bzip2
+
 install-exec-hook:
 	ln -s $(bindir)/bzip2$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/bunzip2$(EXEEXT)
 	ln -s $(bindir)/bzip2$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/bzcat$(EXEEXT)
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b20fce1ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+make -k runtest
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.6.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.6.bb
index 6e160cd3e0..4189f78fdf 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.6.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ PR = "r5"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.bzip.org/${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://configure.ac \
+           file://run-ptest \
 	   file://Makefile.am"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "00b516f4704d4a7cb50a1d97e6e8e15b"
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ PACKAGES =+ "libbz2 libbz2-dev libbz2-staticdev"
 
 CFLAGS_append = " -fPIC -fpic -Winline -fno-strength-reduce -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
 
-inherit autotools update-alternatives
+inherit autotools update-alternatives ptest
 
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "bunzip2 bzcat"
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ do_configure_prepend () {
 	cp ${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/automake*/install-sh ${S}/
 }
 
+do_install_ptest () {
+	sed -i -e "s|^Makefile:|_Makefile:|" ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/Makefile
+}
+
 FILES_libbz2 = "${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBS}"
 
 FILES_libbz2-dev = "${includedir} ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV}"