diff --git a/meta-raspberrypi/conf/machine/include/rpi-base.inc b/meta-raspberrypi/conf/machine/include/rpi-base.inc
index a8ede4c..044f09d 100644
--- a/meta-raspberrypi/conf/machine/include/rpi-base.inc
+++ b/meta-raspberrypi/conf/machine/include/rpi-base.inc
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 
 MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "kernel-modules udev-rules-rpi"
 MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "${@oe.utils.conditional('ENABLE_I2C', '1', 'kernel-module-i2c-dev kernel-module-i2c-bcm2708', '', d)}"
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "${@oe.utils.conditional('ENABLE_IR', '1', 'kernel-module-gpio-ir kernel-module-gpio-ir-tx', '', d)}"
 
 
 # Set Raspberrypi splash image