diff --git a/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
index 36e4f0dd4..b0cf0e916 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ path = "src/tee.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace=true }
 libc = { workspace=true }
-uucore = { workspace=true, features=["libc"] }
+uucore = { workspace=true, features=["libc", "signals"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "tee"