diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev.inc b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev.inc
index db09c54843..3190731a6a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev.inc
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://local.rules \
            file://udev-cache \
            file://udev-cache.default \
+           file://add-install-ptest.patch \
+           file://run-ptest \
            file://init"
 
-inherit autotools pkgconfig update-rc.d
+inherit autotools pkgconfig update-rc.d ptest
++RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest += "make"
 
 libexecdir = "${base_libdir}"
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-introspection \
@@ -99,3 +102,6 @@ python () {
     if oe.utils.contains ('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', True, False, d):
         raise bb.parse.SkipPackage("'systemd' in DISTRO_FEATURES")
 }
+do_compile_ptest() {
+    oe_runmake test-udev
+}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/add-install-ptest.patch b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/add-install-ptest.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44365c69e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/add-install-ptest.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+Adjustements for ptest:
+
+- Add 'install-ptest' rule.
+- Print a standard result line for each test.
+- Replace the use of "tree" with "find".
+
+Signed-off-by: Björn Stenberg <bjst@enea.com>
+Signed-off-by: Alexandra Safta <alst@enea.com>
+Upstream-status: Pending
+
+--- a/Makefile.am	2012-03-18 16:28:14.000000000 +0100
++++ b/Makefile.am	2013-02-18 10:03:36.531101244 +0100
+@@ -708,3 +708,11 @@
+ 	for i in src/docs/html/*.{html,css,png}; do echo $$i; kup put $$i $$i.sign /pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/libudev/; done
+ 	for i in src/gudev/docs/html/*.{html,css,png}; do rm -f $$i.sign; gpg --armor --detach-sign --output=$$i.sign $$i; done
+ 	for i in src/gudev/docs/html/*.{html,css,png}; do echo $$i; kup put $$i $$i.sign /pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/gudev/; done
++
++install-ptest:
++	install test-udev $(DESTDIR)
++	cp Makefile $(DESTDIR)
++	sed -i -e 's|^Makefile:|_Makefile:|' $(DESTDIR)/Makefile
++	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)/test
++	(cd $(top_srcdir) && install $(TESTS) $(DESTDIR)/test)
++	tar -C $(DESTDIR)/test/ -xJf $(top_srcdir)/test/sys.tar.xz
+--- a/test/udev-test.pl	2012-03-18 16:43:36.000000000 +0100
++++ b/test/udev-test.pl	2013-02-18 10:31:29.706357321 +0100
+@@ -1459,11 +1459,13 @@
+                 print "add:         error";
+                 if ($rules->{exp_add_error}) {
+                         print " as expected\n";
++                        print "XFAIL: TEST $number: $rules->{desc}: add\n";
+                 } else {
+                         print "\n";
+-                        system("tree $udev_root");
++                        system("find $udev_root");
+                         print "\n";
+                         $error++;
++                        print "FAIL: TEST $number: $rules->{desc}: add\n";
+                         sleep(1);
+                 }
+         }
+@@ -1479,15 +1481,18 @@
+                 print "remove:      error";
+                 if ($rules->{exp_rem_error}) {
+                         print " as expected\n";
++                        print "XFAIL: TEST $number: $rules->{desc}: remove\n";
+                 } else {
+                         print "\n";
+-                        system("tree $udev_root");
++                        system("find $udev_root");
+                         print "\n";
+                         $error++;
++                        print "FAIL: TEST $number: $rules->{desc}: remove\n";
+                         sleep(1);
+                 }
+         } else {
+                 print "remove:      ok\n";
++                print "PASS: TEST $number: $rules->{desc}: remove\n";
+         }
+ 
+         print "\n";
+--- a/configure.ac      2013-11-28 09:14:02.814248826 +0100
++++ b/configure.ac      2013-11-28 09:14:34.260874296 +0100
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+        [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html])
+ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/udevd.c])
+ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
+-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([check-news foreign 1.11 -Wall -Wno-portability silent-rules tar-pax no-dist-gzip dist-xz subdir-objects])
++AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([check-news foreign 1.11 -Wall -Wno-portability silent-rules tar-pax no-dist-gzip dist-xz subdir-objects serial-tests])
+ AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
+ AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6817ef70e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+make -k check-TESTS
\ No newline at end of file