diff --git a/rewrite-core/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/config/DeclarativeRecipe.java b/rewrite-core/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/config/DeclarativeRecipe.java
index 150575a3217..0ecfab865fd 100644
--- a/rewrite-core/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/config/DeclarativeRecipe.java
+++ b/rewrite-core/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/config/DeclarativeRecipe.java
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public final List<Recipe> getRecipeList() {
                         getName() + " declares the ScanningRecipe " + precondition.getName() + " as a precondition." +
                         "ScanningRecipe cannot be used as Preconditions.");
             }
-            andPreconditions.add(precondition::getVisitor);
+            andPreconditions.add(() -> orVisitors(precondition));
         }
         PreconditionBellwether bellwether = new PreconditionBellwether(Preconditions.and(andPreconditions.toArray(new Supplier[]{})));
         List<Recipe> recipeListWithBellwether = new ArrayList<>(recipeList.size() + 1);
@@ -279,6 +279,16 @@ public final List<Recipe> getRecipeList() {
         return recipeListWithBellwether;
     }
 
+    private static TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> orVisitors(Recipe recipe) {
+        List<TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext>> conditions = new ArrayList<>();
+        conditions.add(recipe.getVisitor());
+        for (Recipe r : recipe.getRecipeList()) {
+            conditions.add(orVisitors(r));
+        }
+        //noinspection unchecked
+        return Preconditions.or(conditions.toArray(new TreeVisitor[0]));
+    }
+
     private static boolean isScanningRecipe(Recipe recipe) {
         if (recipe instanceof ScanningRecipe) {
             return true;
diff --git a/rewrite-core/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/config/DeclarativeRecipeTest.java b/rewrite-core/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/config/DeclarativeRecipeTest.java
index a70b9c7701d..22f8f6ee263 100644
--- a/rewrite-core/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/config/DeclarativeRecipeTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-core/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/config/DeclarativeRecipeTest.java
@@ -174,6 +174,65 @@ void yamlPrecondition() {
         );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void yamlDeclarativeRecipeAsPrecondition() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec.recipeFromYaml(
+            """
+            type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
+            name: org.openrewrite.PreconditionTest
+            description: Test.
+            preconditions:
+              - org.openrewrite.DeclarativePrecondition
+            recipeList:
+              - org.openrewrite.text.ChangeText:
+                 toText: 3
+            ---
+            type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
+            name: org.openrewrite.DeclarativePrecondition
+            recipeList:
+              - org.openrewrite.text.Find:
+                  find: 1
+            """,
+            "org.openrewrite.PreconditionTest"
+          ),
+          text("1", "3"),
+          text("2")
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void orPreconditions() {
+        // As documented https://docs.openrewrite.org/reference/yaml-format-reference#creating-or-preconditions-instead-of-and
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec.recipeFromYaml(
+            """
+              type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
+              name: org.sample.DoSomething
+              description: Test.
+              preconditions:
+                - org.sample.FindAnyJson
+              recipeList:
+                - org.openrewrite.text.ChangeText:
+                   toText: 2
+              ---
+              type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
+              name: org.sample.FindAnyJson
+              recipeList:
+                - org.openrewrite.FindSourceFiles:
+                    filePattern: "**/my.json"
+                - org.openrewrite.FindSourceFiles:
+                    filePattern: "**/your.json"
+                - org.openrewrite.FindSourceFiles:
+                    filePattern: "**/our.json"
+              """,
+            "org.sample.DoSomething"
+          ),
+          text("1", "2", spec -> spec.path("a/my.json")),
+          text("a", spec -> spec.path("a/not-my.json"))
+        );
+    }
+
     @Test
     void yamlPreconditionWithScanningRecipe() {
         rewriteRun(