diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/watchdog/watchdog_5.16.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/watchdog/watchdog_5.16.bb
index c166ace665..72287aa2a0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/watchdog/watchdog_5.16.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/watchdog/watchdog_5.16.bb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b8e7c070e1b72aee2663bdc13b5cc39f76c9232669cfbb1ac0adc7275a
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/watchdog/files/watchdog/"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "/watchdog/(?P<pver>(\d+[\.\-_]*)+)/"
 
-inherit autotools update-rc.d systemd pkgconfig
+inherit autotools update-rc.d systemd pkgconfig kernel-vars
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += " --disable-nfs "
 CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += "ac_cv_path_PATH_SENDMAIL=${sbindir}/sendmail"
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ FILES:${PN}-keepalive = " \
 "
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${PN}-config"
-RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "kernel-module-softdog"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-module-softdog"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-keepalive += "${PN}-config"
 RCONFLICTS:${PN}-keepalive += "${PN}"
-RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-keepalive += "kernel-module-softdog"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-keepalive += "${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-module-softdog"