diff --git a/devel/aws-sdk-cpp/Makefile b/devel/aws-sdk-cpp/Makefile
--- a/devel/aws-sdk-cpp/Makefile
+++ b/devel/aws-sdk-cpp/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 		libaws-checksums.so:devel/aws-checksums \
 		libaws-crt-cpp.so:devel/aws-crt-cpp \
 		libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
-		libpulse.so:audio/pulseaudio \
 		libs2n.so:security/s2n-tls
 
 USES=		cmake localbase:ldflags pkgconfig ssl
@@ -36,8 +35,13 @@
 
 BUILD_ONLY?=
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	TEST
-OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		PULSEAUDIO TEST
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	PULSEAUDIO
+OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
+
+PULSEAUDIO_DESC=		Enable audio output support for text-to-speech
+PULSEAUDIO_LIB_DEPENDS=		libpulse.so:audio/pulseaudio
+PULSEAUDIO_CMAKE_BOOL_OFF=	FORCE_NO_PULSEAUDIO
 
 TEST_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_TESTING
 
diff --git a/devel/aws-sdk-cpp/files/patch-src_aws-cpp-sdk-text-to-speech_CMakeLists.txt b/devel/aws-sdk-cpp/files/patch-src_aws-cpp-sdk-text-to-speech_CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/aws-sdk-cpp/files/patch-src_aws-cpp-sdk-text-to-speech_CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- src/aws-cpp-sdk-text-to-speech/CMakeLists.txt.orig
++++ src/aws-cpp-sdk-text-to-speech/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
+ 
+ set(PLATFORM_LIBS "")
+ 
+-check_include_files("pulse/simple.h" HAVE_PULSE)
++if(FORCE_NO_PULSEAUDIO)
++    set(HAVE_PULSE FALSE)
++else()
++    check_include_files("pulse/simple.h" HAVE_PULSE)
++endif()
+ 
+ if(PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
+     file( GLOB TEXT_TO_SPEECH_PLATFORM_HEADERS "include/aws/text-to-speech/windows/*.h" )