diff --git a/srcpkgs/conky-cli/template b/srcpkgs/conky-cli/template
index 7d512b65ab..d447639643 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/conky-cli/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/conky-cli/template
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ configure_args="-DMAINTAINER_MODE=ON -DRELEASE=ON
  -DBUILD_DOCS=ON"
 hostmakedepends="libtool pkg-config docbook2x man-db"
 makedepends="libcurl-devel libglib-devel libxml2-devel lua53-devel
- wireless_tools-devel"
+ ncurses-devel wireless_tools-devel"
 short_desc="Conky command line without X11"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause, GPL-3.0-or-later"