diff --git a/meta-oe/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-oe.inc b/meta-oe/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-oe.inc
index 9182acf449..06c7de3f8b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-oe.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-oe.inc
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ PTESTS_FAST_META_OE:remove:riscv64 = "nodejs"
 PTESTS_FAST_META_OE:remove:riscv32 = "nodejs"
 
 PTESTS_SLOW_META_OE = "\
+    c-ares \
     fftw \
     libusb-compat \
     rsyslog \