diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/packagegroups/packagegroup-sdk-target.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/packagegroups/packagegroup-sdk-target.bb
index dca5926a96..ee7674a0c7 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/packagegroups/packagegroup-sdk-target.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/packagegroups/packagegroup-sdk-target.bb
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} = "gcc-symlinks g++-symlinks cpp cpp-symlinks \
                   pkgconfig"
 
 # useful, but not in oe-core/meta-oe yet: patchutils
-RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "gfortran-symlinks"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "${@bb.utils.contains('FORTRAN', ',fortran', 'gfortran gfortran-symlinks', '', d)}"