diff --git a/apkbuild-cpan.in b/apkbuild-cpan.in
index e87c213f1b0cda838bc919831b4054ee3e4fe92e..dee2cf598b338ca2200ff781107121bb8e1f4e13 100755
--- a/apkbuild-cpan.in
+++ b/apkbuild-cpan.in
@@ -244,8 +244,10 @@ sub do_depends {
 
 	my $deps = parse_deps $meta->effective_prereqs->requirements_for('runtime', 'requires');
 	say "CPAN deps: $deps";
+        say "Recommend: " . parse_deps $meta->effective_prereqs->requirements_for('runtime', 'recommends');
 
 	my $makedeps = parse_deps $meta->effective_prereqs->requirements_for('build', 'requires');
+        $makedeps    =  parse_deps $meta->effective_prereqs->requirements_for('build', 'recommends');
 	say "CPAN build deps: $makedeps";
 
 	my $text = read_file "APKBUILD";