diff --git a/make/projects-dir.mk b/make/projects-dir.mk
index 84af96b7..d6e97d75 100644
--- a/make/projects-dir.mk
+++ b/make/projects-dir.mk
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ ifeq ($(TIME),)
   endif
 endif
 JW_PKG_PY_PROJECTS           = $(JW_PKG_PY) projects
-PKG_RELATIONS_BUILD         ?= requires
+PKG_RELATIONS_BUILD         ?= requires,recommends
 JW_PKG_PY_BUILD              = $(JW_PKG_PY_PROJECTS) build --pkg-relations "$(PKG_RELATIONS_BUILD)" $(JW_PKG_PY_EXTRA_BUILD_OPTS)
 JW_PKG_PY_REQUIRED_OS_PKG    = $(JW_PKG_PY_PROJECTS) required-os-pkg --quote --skip-excluded --pkg-relations "$(PKG_RELATIONS_BUILD)"
 PKG_MANAGER                 ?= $(TIME) $(JW_PKG_PY) --interactive=$(INTERACTIVE) pkg