diff --git a/python-matplotlib.changes b/python-matplotlib.changes
index b132391..33658ff 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.changes
+++ b/python-matplotlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun  1 19:45:45 UTC 2018 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Only recommend python-matplotlib-tk if tk is already flagged for
+  installation. On most systems there is no reason to have tk
+  available (those UIs are out of date and not well perceived
+  anyway).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 15 19:15:14 UTC 2018 - tbechtold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-matplotlib.spec b/python-matplotlib.spec
index 1cc9130..762645c 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.spec
+++ b/python-matplotlib.spec
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Recommends:     ghostscript
 Recommends:     libxml2-tools
 Recommends:     python-Pillow
 Recommends:     poppler-tools
-Recommends:     python-matplotlib-tk
+Recommends:     (python-matplotlib-tk if tk)
 Provides:       python-matplotlib-gtk = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      python-matplotlib-gtk < %{version}
 %ifpython2