diff --git a/main/postmarketos-ui-cosmic/APKBUILD b/main/postmarketos-ui-cosmic/APKBUILD
index daa9189bb..f2f53330b 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-ui-cosmic/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/postmarketos-ui-cosmic/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Contributor: Aster Boese <asterboese@mailbox.org>
 pkgname=postmarketos-ui-cosmic
 pkgver=2
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="COSMIC Desktop Environment from System76"
 url="https://system76.com/cosmic/"
 # Only tested on these archs.
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ openrc() {
 		seatd
 		seatd-openrc
 		"
+	_pmb_recommends="
+		tuned-ppd-openrc
+		"
 	mkdir -p "$subpkgdir"
 }
 
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-ui-cosmic/postmarketos-ui-cosmic-openrc.post-install b/main/postmarketos-ui-cosmic/postmarketos-ui-cosmic-openrc.post-install
index 457dc2335..e51955c3e 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-ui-cosmic/postmarketos-ui-cosmic-openrc.post-install
+++ b/main/postmarketos-ui-cosmic/postmarketos-ui-cosmic-openrc.post-install
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ rc-update add cosmic-greeter default
 rc-update add elogind default
 rc-update add networkmanager default
 rc-update add seatd default
+# user can remove tuned-ppd, requiring true
+rc-update add tuned-ppd default || true
 
 exit 0