diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 40a893fe1c..1d36aae8b3 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ FILES:${PN}-dev = "${includedir} ${FILES_SOLIBSDEV} ${libdir}/*.la \
 SECTION:${PN}-dev = "devel"
 ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN}-dev = "1"
 DEV_PKG_DEPENDENCY = "${PN} (= ${EXTENDPKGV})"
-RDEPENDS:${PN}-dev = "${DEV_PKG_DEPENDENCY}"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-dev = "${DEV_PKG_DEPENDENCY}"
 
 FILES:${PN}-staticdev = "${libdir}/*.a ${base_libdir}/*.a ${libdir}/${BPN}/*.a"
 SECTION:${PN}-staticdev = "devel"
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py
index bd84f151cb..d3a789a6a7 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class BuildhistoryDiffTests(BuildhistoryBase):
         pkgv = result.output.rstrip()
         result = runCmd("buildhistory-diff -p %s" % get_bb_var('BUILDHISTORY_DIR'))
         expected_endlines = [
-            "xcursor-transparent-theme-dev: RDEPENDS: removed \"xcursor-transparent-theme (['= %s-r1'])\", added \"xcursor-transparent-theme (['= %s-r0'])\"" % (pkgv, pkgv),
+            "xcursor-transparent-theme-dev: RRECOMMENDS: removed \"xcursor-transparent-theme (['= %s-r1'])\", added \"xcursor-transparent-theme (['= %s-r0'])\"" % (pkgv, pkgv),
             "xcursor-transparent-theme-staticdev: RDEPENDS: removed \"xcursor-transparent-theme-dev (['= %s-r1'])\", added \"xcursor-transparent-theme-dev (['= %s-r0'])\"" % (pkgv, pkgv)
         ]
         for line in result.output.splitlines():