2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
index 244504968a..6615d55090 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_xf86-video-intel ?= "xf86-video-intel"
 #
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives ?= "update-alternatives-cworth"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_apm ?= "apm"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME-alsa-state ?= "alsa-state"
 
 #
 # Default recipe providers
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/tasks/task-base.bb b/meta/recipes-core/tasks/task-base.bb
index 12e171aa87..a7d7c406ff 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/tasks/task-base.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/tasks/task-base.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Merge machine and distro options to create a basic machine task/p
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=3f40d7994397109285ec7b81fdeb3b58 \
                     file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
-PR = "r72"
+PR = "r73"
 
 inherit task
 
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ RRECOMMENDS_task-base-vfat = "\
 
 RDEPENDS_task-base-alsa = "\
     alsa-utils-alsactl \
-    alsa-utils-alsamixer"
+    alsa-utils-alsamixer \
+    ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME-alsa-state}"
 
 RRECOMMENDS_task-base-alsa = "\
     kernel-module-snd-mixer-oss \