diff --git a/meta-perl/recipes-perl/libnet/libnet-ssleay-perl_1.65.bb b/meta-perl/recipes-perl/libnet/libnet-ssleay-perl_1.65.bb
index f6c4b8b36c..b2891518e6 100644
--- a/meta-perl/recipes-perl/libnet/libnet-ssleay-perl_1.65.bb
+++ b/meta-perl/recipes-perl/libnet/libnet-ssleay-perl_1.65.bb
@@ -45,3 +45,5 @@ do_install_ptest() {
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
 
 FILES_${PN}-dbg =+ "${libdir}/perl/vendor_perl/*/auto/Net/SSLeay/.debug/"
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest = " perl"