diff --git a/meta-filesystems/recipes-support/fuse/fuse3_3.16.2.bb b/meta-filesystems/recipes-support/fuse/fuse3_3.16.2.bb
index 7964621b58..2b0797a6f5 100644
--- a/meta-filesystems/recipes-support/fuse/fuse3_3.16.2.bb
+++ b/meta-filesystems/recipes-support/fuse/fuse3_3.16.2.bb
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ SRC_URI += " \
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += " \
     python3-pytest \
     python3-looseversion \
-    kernel-module-cuse \
     bash \
 "
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-ptest += " kernel-module-cuse"
 
 do_install_ptest() {
     install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test