diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fdd5a906..634667b2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 byobu (4.46) unreleased; urgency=low
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  * debian/control: LP: #887344
+    - promote tmux to a 'recommends';  will 'depend' on it soon
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:46:46 -0400
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0aee0a20..8ea980b6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Vcs-Bzr: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kirkland/byobu/trunk
 Package: byobu
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, screen, gettext-base, python, python-newt (>= 0.52.2-11)
-Suggests: apport, vim, w3m, po-debconf, update-notifier-common, lsb-release, tmux
+Recommends: tmux
+Suggests: apport, vim, w3m, po-debconf, update-notifier-common, lsb-release
 Provides: screen-profiles, screen-profiles-extras, byobu-extras
 Replaces: screen-profiles (<< 2.0), screen-profiles-extras (<< 2.0), byobu-extras (<< 2.17)
 Breaks: screen-profiles (<< 2.0), screen-profiles-extras (<< 2.0), byobu-extras (<< 2.17)