diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/openhpi/openhpi_3.8.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/openhpi/openhpi_3.8.0.bb
index bacf984..32c4783 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/openhpi/openhpi_3.8.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/openhpi/openhpi_3.8.0.bb
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 
 INSANE_SKIP:${PN}-libs = "dev-so"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${PN}-libs"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "packagegroup-core-buildessential"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "libgcrypt non32bit snmp-bc"
 PACKAGECONFIG[sysfs] = "--enable-sysfs,--disable-sysfs,sysfsutils,"