diff --git a/cross/org.eclipse.cdt.launch.remote-feature/feature.xml b/cross/org.eclipse.cdt.launch.remote-feature/feature.xml
index ccc0b9ee976..1d1c00334a2 100644
--- a/cross/org.eclipse.cdt.launch.remote-feature/feature.xml
+++ b/cross/org.eclipse.cdt.launch.remote-feature/feature.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
       %license
    </license>
 
+   <requires>
+      <import feature="org.eclipse.rse" version="0.0.0" match="greaterOrEqual"/>
+   </requires>
+
    <plugin
          id="org.eclipse.cdt.launch.remote"
          download-size="0"