diff --git a/meta-oe/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-oe.inc b/meta-oe/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-oe.inc
index a2b2ce4bc9..212b90c868 100644
--- a/meta-oe/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-oe.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-oe.inc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ PTESTS_FAST_META_OE = "\
     uthash \
     xmlsec1 \
     zeromq \
+    cjson \
 "
 PTESTS_FAST_META_OE:append:x86 = " mcelog"
 PTESTS_FAST_META_OE:append:x86-64 = " mcelog"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/cjson/cjson/run-ptest b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/cjson/cjson/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f061e94665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/cjson/cjson/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# exclude json_patch_tests
+if ctest -E 'json_patch_tests' ; then
+    echo "PASS: cjson"
+else
+    echo "FAIL: cjson"
+fi
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/cjson/cjson_1.7.15.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/cjson/cjson_1.7.15.bb
index 8bf7981ab0..1841aeffc1 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/cjson/cjson_1.7.15.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/cjson/cjson_1.7.15.bb
@@ -4,12 +4,32 @@ SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=218947f77e8cb8e2fa02918dc41c50d0"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
+           file://run-ptest \
+         "
 SRCREV = "d348621ca93571343a56862df7de4ff3bc9b5667"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit cmake pkgconfig
+inherit cmake pkgconfig ptest
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "cmake"
+
+do_install_ptest() {
+        # create directories
+        install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH} ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/fuzzing
+        install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/inputs ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/json-patch-tests
+        # CTestTestfiles.cmake contain fully defined path generated by cmake.
+        # Change the fully defined path to ptest path on the target
+        sed s#${B}#${PTEST_PATH}# ${B}/CTestTestfile.cmake > ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/CTestTestfile.cmake
+        sed s#${B}#${PTEST_PATH}# ${B}/tests/CTestTestfile.cmake > ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/CTestTestfile.cmake
+        sed s#${B}#${PTEST_PATH}# ${B}/fuzzing/CTestTestfile.cmake > ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/fuzzing/CTestTestfile.cmake
+        # install test artifacts
+        install ${B}/cJSON_test ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
+        install ${B}/tests/cjson_add ${B}/tests/*_tests ${B}/tests/parse_*  ${B}/tests/print_*  ${B}/tests/readme_examples ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+        install ${B}/tests/inputs/* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/inputs
+        install ${B}/fuzzing/fuzz_main ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/fuzzing
+}
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "\
     -DENABLE_CJSON_UTILS=On \