diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-ssh-dropbear.bb b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-ssh-dropbear.bb
index 4f844ad925..d06c6a5609 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-ssh-dropbear.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-ssh-dropbear.bb
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ PR = "r1"
 inherit packagegroup
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "dropbear"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "openssh-sftp-server"