diff --git a/system-config-printer-foomatic-recommended.patch b/system-config-printer-foomatic-recommended.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8eb7f92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-config-printer-foomatic-recommended.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+diff -up system-config-printer-1.1.16/cupshelpers/ppds.py.foomatic-recommended system-config-printer-1.1.16/cupshelpers/ppds.py
+--- system-config-printer-1.1.16/cupshelpers/ppds.py.foomatic-recommended	2009-12-22 14:27:37.000000000 +0000
++++ system-config-printer-1.1.16/cupshelpers/ppds.py	2009-12-23 16:13:13.234214808 +0000
+@@ -248,14 +248,25 @@ def _getDriverType (ppdname, ppds=None):
+         # Foomatic (generated) -- but which driver?
+         if ppdname.find ("Generic")!= -1:
+             return DRIVER_TYPE_FOOMATIC_GENERIC
+-        if (ppds != None and
+-            ppds.getInfoFromPPDName (ppdname).\
+-            get ('ppd-make-and-model', '').find ("(recommended)") != -1):
+-            if ppds.getInfoFromPPDName (ppdname).\
+-               get ('ppd-make-and-model', '').find ("Postscript") != -1:
+-                return DRIVER_TYPE_FOOMATIC_RECOMMENDED_POSTSCRIPT
+-            else:
+-                return DRIVER_TYPE_FOOMATIC_RECOMMENDED_NON_POSTSCRIPT
++        if ppds != None:
++            info = ppds.getInfoFromPPDName (ppdname)
++            device_id = info.get ('ppd-device-id', '')
++            id_dict = parseDeviceID (device_id)
++            drv = id_dict.get ('DRV', '')
++            drvfields = dict()
++            for field in drv.split (','):
++                if len (field) == 0:
++                    continue
++                key = field[0]
++                drvfields[key] = field[1:]
++
++            ppd_make_and_model = info.get ('ppd-make-and-model', '')
++            if (drvfields.get ('R', '0') == '1' or
++                ppd_make_and_model.find ("(recommended)") != -1):
++                if ppd_make_and_model.find ("Postscript") != -1:
++                    return DRIVER_TYPE_FOOMATIC_RECOMMENDED_POSTSCRIPT
++                else:
++                    return DRIVER_TYPE_FOOMATIC_RECOMMENDED_NON_POSTSCRIPT
+         if ppdname.find ("-Postscript")!= -1:
+             return DRIVER_TYPE_FOOMATIC_PS
+         if ppdname.find ("-hpijs") != -1:
diff --git a/system-config-printer.spec b/system-config-printer.spec
index 1966ba7..a7d6f96 100644
--- a/system-config-printer.spec
+++ b/system-config-printer.spec
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Source2: http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/pysmbc/pysmbc-%{pysmbc_version}.tar.bz2
 Patch1: system-config-printer-no-epydoc.patch
 Patch2: system-config-printer-typo.patch
 Patch3: system-config-printer-driver-pre-selection.patch
+Patch4: system-config-printer-foomatic-recommended.patch
 
 BuildRequires: cups-devel >= 1.2
 BuildRequires: python-devel >= 2.4
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ printers.
 %patch1 -p1 -b .no-epydoc
 %patch2 -p1 -b .typo
 %patch3 -p1 -b .driver-pre-selection
+%patch4 -p1 -b .foomatic-recommended
 
 %build
 %configure --with-udev-rules --with-polkit-1
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@ exit 0
 
 %changelog
 * Wed Dec 23 2009 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> - 1.1.16-2
+- Prefer foomatic-recommended drivers (bug #550108).
 - Pre-select correct driver when adding or changing a queue (bug #550075).
 - Fixed typo (bug #550096).