diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/midori/midori.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/midori/midori.inc
index 60fd03e828..2221134a09 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/midori/midori.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/midori/midori.inc
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ do_install() {
 	oe_runmake DESTDIR=${D} install
 }
 
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "glib-networking"
+
 TARGET_CC_ARCH += "${LDFLAGS}"