diff --git a/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-keyboard/matchbox-keyboard_git.bb b/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-keyboard/matchbox-keyboard_git.bb
index 6841596f42..6944a0740d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-keyboard/matchbox-keyboard_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-keyboard/matchbox-keyboard_git.bb
@@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ do_install_append () {
 GTKIMMODULES_PACKAGES = "${PN}-im"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "formfactor dbus-wait"
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "${PN}-applet"