diff --git a/system/base/ncurses/pspec.xml b/system/base/ncurses/pspec.xml
index f197d84a..ed39073c 100644
--- a/system/base/ncurses/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/ncurses/pspec.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <Archive sha1sum="57acf6bc24cacd651d82541929f726f4def780cc" type="targz">mirrors://gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.1.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>gnuconfig</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>readline-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>