diff --git a/ceph.spec.in b/ceph.spec.in
index 75c8915a65f..73001d7e3d3 100644
--- a/ceph.spec.in
+++ b/ceph.spec.in
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ Requires:       pyOpenSSL
 Requires: 	python-CherryPy
 Requires:       python-Werkzeug
 Requires:       python-pyOpenSSL
+Recommends:     python-influxdb
 %endif
 Requires:       python-pecan
 %description mgr