diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/webkitgtk/webkitgtk3_2.52.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/webkitgtk/webkitgtk3_2.52.4.bb
index 4486450595..7daaf2583a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/webkitgtk/webkitgtk3_2.52.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/webkitgtk/webkitgtk3_2.52.4.bb
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ DEPENDS += " \
           gperf-native \
           unifdef-native \
           cairo \
+          flite \
           harfbuzz \
           jpeg \
           atk \
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[webrtc] = "-DENABLE_WEB_RTC=ON,-DENABLE_WEB_RTC=OFF"
 PACKAGECONFIG[bubblewrap] = "-DENABLE_BUBBLEWRAP_SANDBOX=ON -DBWRAP_EXECUTABLE=${bindir}/bwrap -DDBUS_PROXY_EXECUTABLE=${bindir}/xdg-dbus-proxy,-DENABLE_BUBBLEWRAP_SANDBOX=OFF,,bubblewrap xdg-dbus-proxy"
 PACKAGECONFIG[backtrace] = "-DUSE_LIBBACKTRACE=ON,-DUSE_LIBBACKTRACE=OFF,libbacktrace"
 PACKAGECONFIG[sysprof-capture] = "-DUSE_SYSTEM_SYSPROF_CAPTURE=YES,-DUSE_SYSTEM_SYSPROF_CAPTURE=NO,sysprof"
-PACKAGECONFIG[speech] = "-DENABLE_SPEECH_SYNTHESIS=ON,-DENABLE_SPEECH_SYNTHESIS=OFF,flite"
+PACKAGECONFIG[librice] = "-DUSE_LIBRICE=YES,-DUSE_LIBRICE=NO,librice flite"
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE = " \
 	-DPORT=GTK \
