diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 3dd4ca07..25c6bfc6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Vcs-browser: http://drupalcode.org/project/provision.git
 Package: aegir3-provision
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, php5-cli (>= 5.3) | php7.0-cli | php7.1-cli | php7.2-cli | php-cli,  php5 | php7.0-xml | php7.1-xml | php7.2-xml | php-xml, php5-mysql | php7.0-mysql | php7.1-mysql | php7.2-mysql | php-mysql, mysql-client | mariadb-client, sudo, postfix | mail-transport-agent, apache2 | nginx, adduser, ucf, curl
-Recommends: mysql-server | mariadb-server, rsync, composer
+Recommends: mysql-server (>= 5.6) | mariadb-server (>= 10.2), rsync, composer
 Conflicts: aegir-provision, aegir-provision2, aegir2-provision
 Replaces: aegir-provision, aegir-provision2, aegir2-provision
 Description: mass Drupal hosting system - backend