diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/usbutils/usbutils_008.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/usbutils/usbutils_008.bb
index cb79360bf6..d3c5bd52a4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/usbutils/usbutils_008.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/usbutils/usbutils_008.bb
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ inherit autotools gettext pkgconfig distro_features_check
 
 FILES_${PN}-dev += "${datadir}/pkgconfig"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "udev-hwdb"
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "udev-hwdb"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest = "libboost-system libboost-thread"