diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-selftest b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-selftest
index 380e003619..afe1603d04 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-selftest
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-selftest
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ except RuntimeError as exc:
 tests = ["bb.tests.codeparser",
          "bb.tests.cow",
          "bb.tests.data",
+         "bb.tests.event",
          "bb.tests.fetch",
          "bb.tests.parse",
          "bb.tests.utils"]