diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb
index ffb7f12fe9..34aa7e1b05 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Basic task to get a device online"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=3f40d7994397109285ec7b81fdeb3b58"
 
-PR = "r2"
+PR = "r3"
 
 inherit task
 
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "\
 	${@base_contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "bluetooth", "bluez4", "", d)} \
 	${@base_contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "wifi", "iw wpa-supplicant", "", d)} \
 	\
+	tzdata \
+	\
 	rsyslog \
 	cpufrequtils \
 	htop \