diff --git a/patterns-base.changes b/patterns-base.changes
index 099a07a..50b910f 100644
--- a/patterns-base.changes
+++ b/patterns-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun  2 08:53:06 UTC 2021 - Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>
+
+- Suggest kernel-default from patterns-base-base
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 28 20:07:06 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/patterns-base.spec b/patterns-base.spec
index 2a57763..6d1f051 100644
--- a/patterns-base.spec
+++ b/patterns-base.spec
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ Recommends:     haveged
 Suggests:       xz
 # if anything wants to recommend an MTA, openSUSE defaults to postfix (boo#1136078)
 Suggests:       postfix
+# If anything requests "kernel", pick the full kernel package by default
+Suggests:       kernel-default
 # we have two providers for 'pulseaudio' - prefer the real one for the time being
 Suggests:       pulseaudio
 # There are multiple providers for /usr/bin/openssl and openssl(cli); defaulting to openssl