diff --git a/www/elinks/Makefile b/www/elinks/Makefile
index 2502bbb444b1..dbdc6a9c3704 100644
--- a/www/elinks/Makefile
+++ b/www/elinks/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MAINTAINER=	beat@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Elinks - links text WWW browser with enhancements
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-USES=		bison gmake tar:bzip2
+USES=		bison cpe gmake tar:bzip2
 USE_OPENSSL=	yes
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib