diff --git a/meta-gem5/conf/machine/gem5-arm64.conf b/meta-gem5/conf/machine/gem5-arm64.conf
index 4db86c97..9ca2bb06 100644
--- a/meta-gem5/conf/machine/gem5-arm64.conf
+++ b/meta-gem5/conf/machine/gem5-arm64.conf
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS += "gem5-aarch64-native"
 # Use haveged as a source of entropy instead of rng-tools (Needed for ssh).
 # rngd (Part of rng-tools) takes ~7 mins to init resulting in a slow boot time.
 PACKAGE_EXCLUDE_append = " rng-tools"
-IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " haveged"
+MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "haveged"