diff --git a/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
index f869fb702..931a010e5 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ path = "src/tee.rs"
 [dependencies]
 getopts = "0.2.18"
 libc = "0.2.42"
-uucore = { version=">=0.0.6", package="uucore", path="../../uucore" }
+uucore = { version=">=0.0.6", package="uucore", path="../../uucore", features=["libc"] }
 uucore_procs = { version=">=0.0.5", package="uucore_procs", path="../../uucore_procs" }
 
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