diff --git a/rosdep/base.yaml b/rosdep/base.yaml
index 7cfea15a6800f..b259c76ef33e7 100644
--- a/rosdep/base.yaml
+++ b/rosdep/base.yaml
@@ -1028,6 +1028,14 @@ flex:
   opensuse: [flex]
   rhel: [flex]
   ubuntu: [flex]
+flite:
+  alpine: [flite]
+  arch: [flite]
+  debian: [flite]
+  fedora: [flite]
+  gentoo: [app-accessibility/flite]
+  rhel: [flite]
+  ubuntu: [flite]
 fltk:  # Consider using the libfltk-dev and fluid (fltk runtime) keys instead.
   arch: [fltk]
   debian: [libfltk1.1-dev]