diff --git a/meta-arm/conf/machine/generic-arm64.conf b/meta-arm/conf/machine/generic-arm64.conf
index 88a1cef6..a68d2bac 100644
--- a/meta-arm/conf/machine/generic-arm64.conf
+++ b/meta-arm/conf/machine/generic-arm64.conf
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ EFI_PROVIDER ?= "${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "systemd", "systemd-boo
 
 KBUILD_DEFCONFIG = "defconfig"
 KCONFIG_MODE = "--alldefconfig"
+
+MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "kernel-modules linux-firmware"