diff --git a/math/octave-forge-mboct-fem-pkg/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-mboct-fem-pkg/Makefile
index 1698af248000..f5f47bbd66b5 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-mboct-fem-pkg/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-mboct-fem-pkg/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-mboct-fem-pkg
 DISTVERSION=	0.2.2
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 WWW=		https://packages.octave.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/../COPYING
 
-USES=		octave autoreconf
+USES=		octave autoreconf compiler
 
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libgtest.so:devel/googletest \
 		libmetis.so:math/metis \
 		libmumps_common_seq.so:math/mumps \
 		libnlopt.so:math/nlopt
 
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${OCTAVE_TARBALLS_DIR}/mboct-octave-pkg.tar.gz:math/octave-forge-mboct-octave-pkg \
 		${OCTAVE_TARBALLS_DIR}/mboct-numerical-pkg.tar.gz:math/octave-forge-mboct-numerical-pkg \
 		${OCTAVE_TARBALLS_DIR}/mboct-mbdyn-pkg.tar.gz:math/octave-forge-mboct-mbdyn-pkg
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	octave-user
 GH_PROJECT=	mboct-fem-pkg
 USE_GCC=	yes
 
 OCTAVE_SRC=	${GH_PROJECT}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>