diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/error/error.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/error/error.bb
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+SUMMARY = "Error Test case that fails on do_compile"
+DESCRIPTION = "This generates a compile time error to be used to for testing."
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
+
+INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"                                                                                                                                                                  
+EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD = "1"
+
+do_compile() {
+        bbfatal "Failing as expected.";
+}
diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/error-image.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/error-image.bb
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+SUMMARY = "An image that includes the error recipe and will therefore fail"
+DESCRIPTION = "This generates an error. Not currently used by oe-selftest"
+
+IMAGE_INSTALL = "error"
+
+IMAGE_LINGUAS = " "
+
+inherit core-image