diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 8a1175e..9e2fc8c 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -623,6 +623,11 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # Recovery image
 
+# Recovery is disabled in PDK builds
+ifeq ($(TARGET_BUILD_PDK),true)
+TARGET_NO_RECOVERY := true
+endif
+
 # If neither TARGET_NO_KERNEL nor TARGET_NO_RECOVERY are true
 ifeq (,$(filter true, $(TARGET_NO_KERNEL) $(TARGET_NO_RECOVERY)))