diff --git a/audio/flite/Makefile b/audio/flite/Makefile
index d032caf9395d..1af315903e7f 100644
--- a/audio/flite/Makefile
+++ b/audio/flite/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ COMMENT=	Small run-time speech synthesis engine
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
-USES=		tar:bzip2 gmake desthack
+USES=		cpe desthack gmake tar:bzip2
+CPE_VENDOR=	cmu
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-shared=yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes