diff --git a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf
index 867cf7f1..9526b120 100644
--- a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf
+++ b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ SYSLINUX_OPTS = "serial 0 115200"
 SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"
 APPEND += "console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0"
 
-MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-modules eee-acpi-scripts"
+MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-modules eee-acpi-scripts \
+                             linux-firmware-iwlwifi-6000g2a-5"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "ext3 cpio.gz live"
 
diff --git a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf
index 49d72249..38e3bb5d 100644
--- a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf
+++ b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ SYSLINUX_OPTS = "serial 0 115200"
 SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"
 APPEND += "console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0"
 
-MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-modules eee-acpi-scripts"
+MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-modules eee-acpi-scripts \
+                             linux-firmware-iwlwifi-6000g2a-5"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "ext3 cpio.gz live"