diff --git a/srcpkgs/mcabber/template b/srcpkgs/mcabber/template
index 0403e9c278..877495e565 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mcabber/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mcabber/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-hgcset --enable-aspell --enable-otr"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="aspell-devel gpgme-devel libgcrypt-devel libotr-devel
- loudmouth-devel"
+ loudmouth-devel ncurses-devel"
 short_desc="Small XMPP (Jabber) console client"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"