diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/23.0/make.defaults b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/23.0/make.defaults
index 05f8f6a365421..fb3acfbe5b4cf 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/23.0/make.defaults
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/23.0/make.defaults
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs"
+
+USE="cet"
+
+BOOTSTRAP_USE="${BOOTSTRAP_USE} cet"