diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a77324b..a7aa435 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ Depends: ceph-common (>= 0.48),
          libusb-1.0-0 (>= 1.0.17-1),
          libusbredirparser1 (>= 0.6-2),
          libuuid1,
-         numactl,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends},
+Recommends: numactl
 Conflicts: kvm,
            pve-kvm,
            pve-qemu-kvm-2.6.18,