diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86.conf b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86.conf
index e37f36629d..88464faeaa 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86.conf
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ XSERVER ?= "xserver-xorg \
 
 #MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS = "rt2860"
 
-MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-modules eee-acpi-scripts"
+MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-modules eee-acpi-scripts linux-firmware"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "ext3 cpio.gz live"