1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 40a893fe1c..1d36aae8b3 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ FILES:${PN}-dev = "${includedir} ${FILES_SOLIBSDEV} ${libdir}/*.la \
 SECTION:${PN}-dev = "devel"
 ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN}-dev = "1"
 DEV_PKG_DEPENDENCY = "${PN} (= ${EXTENDPKGV})"
-RDEPENDS:${PN}-dev = "${DEV_PKG_DEPENDENCY}"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-dev = "${DEV_PKG_DEPENDENCY}"
 
 FILES:${PN}-staticdev = "${libdir}/*.a ${base_libdir}/*.a ${libdir}/${BPN}/*.a"
 SECTION:${PN}-staticdev = "devel"