diff --git a/templates/irssi-0.8.12.tmpl b/templates/irssi-0.8.12.tmpl
index 8f73eefb7e..ccaa7ab12f 100755
--- a/templates/irssi-0.8.12.tmpl
+++ b/templates/irssi-0.8.12.tmpl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ extract_sufx=".tar.bz2"
 url=http://www.irssi.org/files
 
 # Arguments passed to configure if $build_style = {,gnu_}configure.
-#configure_args=""
+configure_args="--with-terminfo --with-proxy --without-curses"
 
 # Arguments passed to configure through the environment
 #configure_env=""