diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/fuse/fuse3_3.16.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/fuse/fuse3_3.16.2.bb
index 1c91a1aa17..2747e6c8be 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/fuse/fuse3_3.16.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/fuse/fuse3_3.16.2.bb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += " \
     python3-pytest \
     python3-looseversion \
     bash \
+    file \
 "
 RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-ptest += " kernel-module-cuse"