diff --git a/devel/py-pyyaml-ft/Makefile b/devel/py-pyyaml-ft/Makefile
index 357da442c5b8..fc1664872b53 100644
--- a/devel/py-pyyaml-ft/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pyyaml-ft/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	pyyaml-ft
 PORTVERSION=	7.0.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	pyyaml_ft-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	YAML parser and emitter for Python with support for free-threading
 WWW=		https://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAMLDocumentation \
 		https://github.com/Quansight-Labs/pyyaml-ft
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libyaml.so:textproc/libyaml
 
 USES=		localbase python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent cython pep517
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent cython pep517 pytest
+
+TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 
 post-install:
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} -name '*.so' -exec ${STRIP_CMD} {} +
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>