diff --git a/packages/ncmpcpp/build.sh b/packages/ncmpcpp/build.sh
index cfabd2e78..6472b14e8 100644
--- a/packages/ncmpcpp/build.sh
+++ b/packages/ncmpcpp/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.8
 TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=5
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://rybczak.net/ncmpcpp/stable/ncmpcpp-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=2f0f2a1c0816119430880be6932e5eb356b7875dfa140e2453a5a802909f465a
-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="fftw, boost, readline, libcurl, libmpdclient"
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="fftw, boost, readline, libcurl, libmpdclient, ncurses"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
 TERMUX_PKG_KEEP_SHARE_DOC=yes
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--enable-visualizer --enable-outputs --enable-clock"