diff --git a/editors/TeXmacs/Makefile b/editors/TeXmacs/Makefile
index be438186553..e6c2244dece 100644
--- a/editors/TeXmacs/Makefile
+++ b/editors/TeXmacs/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ WANTLIB += ${COMPILER_LIBCXX} Qt5Core Qt5Gui Qt5PrintSupport Qt5Svg
 WANTLIB += Qt5Widgets c execinfo freetype gmp guile jpeg ltdl
 WANTLIB += m png sqlite3 util z
 
+# needs c++ and python
+COMPILER=	base-clang ports-gcc
+COMPILER_LANGS=	c c++
+
 MODULES=	devel/cmake \
 		lang/python \
 		x11/qt5
diff --git a/editors/neovim-qt/Makefile b/editors/neovim-qt/Makefile
index 623a4f890cc..345b4103e29 100644
--- a/editors/neovim-qt/Makefile
+++ b/editors/neovim-qt/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ PERMIT_PACKAGE = Yes
 WANTLIB += ${COMPILER_LIBCXX} GL Qt6Core Qt6Gui Qt6Network Qt6Svg
 WANTLIB += Qt6SvgWidgets Qt6Widgets c m msgpack-c
 
+# needs c++ and python
+COMPILER=	base-clang ports-gcc
+COMPILER_LANGS=	c c++
+
 MODULES =	devel/cmake \
 		lang/python \
 		x11/qt6
diff --git a/editors/tiled/Makefile b/editors/tiled/Makefile
index ef47f49ef56..dae4a2281fc 100644
--- a/editors/tiled/Makefile
+++ b/editors/tiled/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ PERMIT_PACKAGE =	Yes
 WANTLIB += ${COMPILER_LIBCXX} ${MODPY_WANTLIB} GL c m z
 WANTLIB += Qt5Core Qt5DBus Qt5Gui Qt5Network Qt5Qml Qt5Widgets
 
+# needs c++ and python
+COMPILER =		base-clang ports-gcc
+COMPILER_LANGS =	c c++
+
 # if necessary (i.e. failure to build after updating), the Python plugin
 # can be disabled with MODQMAKE_ARGS= DISABLE_PYTHON_PLUGIN=yes.
 # it's disabled by default in preferences anyway and not required for