diff --git a/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend b/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend
index a4d8b497..08c783bb 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
 
+# tests need compiler on target and they need the compiler which was
+# used to build python
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest:append:toolchain-clang = " clang"
+
 do_configure:prepend:class-target:toolchain-clang() {
     # We do not need --print-multiarch with clang since it prints wrong value
     sed -i -e 's#\[MULTIARCH=$($CC --print-multiarch 2>/dev/null)\]#\[MULTIARCH=""\]#g' ${S}/configure.ac