diff --git a/lang/python/python-jmespath/Makefile b/lang/python/python-jmespath/Makefile
index 81fb9e11a6..59a5e15d6b 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-jmespath/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-jmespath/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-jmespath
 PKG_VERSION:=1.1.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=jmespath
 PKG_HASH:=472c87d80f36026ae83c6ddd0f1d05d4e510134ed462851fd5f754c8c3cbb88d
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ JMESPath (pronounced “james path”) allows you to declaratively specify
 how to extract elements from a JSON document.
 endef
 
+define Py3Package/python3-jmespath/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/jp.py $(1)/usr/bin/jp
+endef
+
 $(eval $(call Py3Package,python3-jmespath))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-jmespath))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-jmespath-src))
diff --git a/lang/python/python-jmespath/test-version.sh b/lang/python/python-jmespath/test-version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a71961a7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-jmespath/test-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# shellcheck shell=busybox
+
+# The jp command-line tool takes a required expression argument and has no
+# version flag, so the generic version check cannot detect the version from it.
+# The version is covered by the import check in test.sh instead.
+case "$PKG_NAME" in
+python3-jmespath | python3-jmespath-src)
+	exit 0
+	;;
+*)
+	echo "Untested package: $PKG_NAME" >&2
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/lang/python/python-jmespath/test.sh b/lang/python/python-jmespath/test.sh
index 128cd0bbba..56346bacc7 100755
--- a/lang/python/python-jmespath/test.sh
+++ b/lang/python/python-jmespath/test.sh
@@ -37,3 +37,11 @@ assert expr.search({"a": {"b": 99}}) == 99
 
 sys.exit(0)
 EOF
+[ $? -eq 0 ] || exit 1
+
+# Verify the jp command-line tool
+result=$(echo '{"a": {"b": 42}}' | jp 'a.b')
+[ "$result" = "42" ] || {
+	echo "jp returned '$result', expected 42"
+	exit 1
+}