diff --git a/textproc/py-pygments/Makefile b/textproc/py-pygments/Makefile
index 87b5cc987d50..9f97b959a78c 100644
--- a/textproc/py-pygments/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-pygments/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COMMENT=	Syntax highlighter written in Python
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		python:3.6+
+USES=		cpe python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils concurrent autoplist
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	py??-pygments-25