diff --git a/recipes-networking/slirp4netns/slirp4netns_git.bb b/recipes-networking/slirp4netns/slirp4netns_git.bb
index a63871c9..6526d39c 100644
--- a/recipes-networking/slirp4netns/slirp4netns_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-networking/slirp4netns/slirp4netns_git.bb
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 libcap libseccomp libslirp"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "kernel-module-tun"
+
 inherit autotools pkgconfig