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       the recipe will be skipped, and if the build system attempts to build
       the recipe then an error will be triggered.
 
+   :term:`REQUIRED_TUNE_FEATURES`
+      When inheriting the :ref:`ref-classes-features_check` class, this variable
+      identifies tune features that must exist in the current configuration in
+      order for the :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System` to build the recipe. In
+      other words, if the :term:`REQUIRED_TUNE_FEATURES` variable lists a
+      feature that does not appear in :term:`TUNE_FEATURES` within the current
+      configuration, then the recipe will be skipped, and if the build system
+      attempts to build the recipe then an error will be triggered.
+
    :term:`REQUIRED_VERSION`
       If there are multiple versions of a recipe available, this variable
       determines which version should be given preference.