diff --git a/debian/_base/core/tdelibs/debian/control b/debian/_base/core/tdelibs/debian/control
index 953c35c9e..695c2a16f 100644
--- a/debian/_base/core/tdelibs/debian/control
+++ b/debian/_base/core/tdelibs/debian/control
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Breaks: kdelibs4c2a-kde3 (<< 4:14.0.0~), kdelibs4c2a-trinity (<< 4:14.0.0~), tde
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, tdelibs-data-trinity,
  netpbm (>= 2:10.0-15.1) | tdelibs14-imagetops-trinity,
  libart-2.0-2 (>= 4:14.0.0~), perl, xbase-clients
-Recommends: xdg-user-dirs, consolekit | systemd
+Recommends: hwdata, xdg-user-dirs, consolekit | systemd
 Suggests: fam, perl-suid
 Conflicts: tdelibs4-trinity, tdelibs4c2-trinity (>> 4:1.0.0), tdelibs-bin-trinity (<< 4:3.3.3), tdelibs4-trinity-dev (<< 4:3.5.7.dfsg.1-6)
 Description: core libraries and binaries for all TDE applications
diff --git a/ubuntu/_base/core/tdelibs/debian/control b/ubuntu/_base/core/tdelibs/debian/control
index c1c6b41fe..f43978782 100644
--- a/ubuntu/_base/core/tdelibs/debian/control
+++ b/ubuntu/_base/core/tdelibs/debian/control
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Breaks: kdelibs4c2a-kde3 (<< 4:14.0.0~), kdelibs4c2a-trinity (<< 4:14.0.0~), tde
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, tdelibs-data-trinity,
  netpbm (>= 2:10.0-15.1) | tdelibs14-imagetops-trinity,
  libart-2.0-2 (>= 4:14.0.0~), perl, xbase-clients
-Recommends: xdg-user-dirs, consolekit | systemd
+Recommends: hwdata, xdg-user-dirs, consolekit | systemd
 Suggests: fam, perl-suid
 Description: core libraries and binaries for all TDE applications
  This package contains all the shared libraries and common core binaries