diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index 587fe2d..c503aee 100755
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pushd openj9-openjdk-jdk11
 bash configure \
      --disable-warnings-as-errors \
      --disable-warnings-as-errors-openj9 \
+     --with-cmake \
      --with-build-jdk=$JAVA_HOME \
      --with-boot-jdk=$JAVA_HOME \
      --with-freemarker-jar="$(ls ${HERE}/apache-freemarker-*-bin/freemarker.jar | tail -1)" \