diff --git a/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-standalone/conf/layer.conf b/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-standalone/conf/layer.conf
index cef1039..de1acee 100644
--- a/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-standalone/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-standalone/conf/layer.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 BBFILE_PRIORITY_xilinx-standalone = "7"
 
 LAYERDEPENDS_xilinx-standalone = "core xilinx"
+LAYERRECOMMENDS_xilinx-standalone = "xilinx-microblaze"
 
 LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_xilinx-standalone = "dunfell gatesgarth"
 XILINX_RELEASE_VERSION = "v2020.2"