diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 53de5375c80..f692baf2207 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 Package: ceph
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libedit2, hdparm, binutils
-Recommends: fuse-utils, ceph-fuse, libceph1, librados1, libcrush1, btrfs-tools
+Recommends: ceph-fuse, libceph1, librados1, libcrush1, btrfs-tools
 Description: distributed storage and file system
  Ceph is a distributed storage and network file system designed to provide
  excellent performance, reliability, and scalability.
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Description: debugging symbols for ceph
 Package: ceph-fuse
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libfuse2
+Recommends: fuse-utils
 Suggests: ceph
 Description: FUSE-based client for the Ceph distributed file system
  Ceph is a distributed network file system designed to provide