diff --git a/makedebian.pl b/makedebian.pl
index 92b8fb4b1..1a8c37c3b 100755
--- a/makedebian.pl
+++ b/makedebian.pl
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ if ($product eq "webmin") {
 $size = int(`du -sk $tmp_dir`);
 @deps = ( "perl", "libnet-ssleay-perl", "openssl", "libauthen-pam-perl", "libpam-runtime", "libio-pty-perl", "unzip", "shared-mime-info", "tar", "libdigest-sha-perl", "libdigest-md5-perl" );
 $deps = join(", ", @deps);
-@recommends = ( "libdatetime-perl", "libdatetime-timezone-perl", "libdatetime-locale-perl", "libtime-piece-perl" );
+@recommends = ( "libdatetime-perl", "libdatetime-timezone-perl", "libdatetime-locale-perl", "libtime-piece-perl", "lynx" );
 $recommends = join(", ", @recommends);
 open(CONTROL, ">$control_file");
 print CONTROL <<EOF;
diff --git a/makerpm.pl b/makerpm.pl
index f390bda72..69abb2ed4 100755
--- a/makerpm.pl
+++ b/makerpm.pl
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Release: $rel
 Provides: %{name}-%{version} perl(WebminCore)
 Requires(pre): /usr/bin/perl
 Requires: /bin/sh /usr/bin/perl /bin/rm perl(lib) perl(open) perl(Net::SSLeay) perl(Time::Local) perl(Encode::Detect) perl(Data::Dumper) perl(File::Path) perl(File::Basename) perl(Digest::SHA) perl(Digest::MD5) openssl unzip tar
-Recommends: perl(DateTime) perl(DateTime::TimeZone) perl(DateTime::Locale) perl(Time::Piece)
+Recommends: perl(DateTime) perl(DateTime::TimeZone) perl(DateTime::Locale) perl(Time::Piece) lynx
 AutoReq: 0
 License: BSD-3-clause
 Group: System/Tools