diff --git a/srcpkgs/neomutt/template b/srcpkgs/neomutt/template
index 77f9065023c..b405c1bae13 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/neomutt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/neomutt/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ conf_files="/etc/neomuttrc"
 # neomutt needs either w3m/lynx/elinks to build manual.html
 hostmakedepends="docbook-xsl gettext libxslt perl tcl w3m"
 makedepends="aspell-devel gdbm-devel gettext-devel gpgme-devel libidn-devel
- rocksdb-devel tdb-devel
+ rocksdb-devel tdb-devel ncurses-devel
  libnotmuch-devel openssl-devel libsasl-devel lua54-devel zlib-devel"
 depends="mime-types"
 short_desc="Mutt with misc fixes and feature patches"