diff --git a/multimedia/graphics/aalib/pspec.xml b/multimedia/graphics/aalib/pspec.xml
index afa8e0b324..71af3fbb44 100644
--- a/multimedia/graphics/aalib/pspec.xml
+++ b/multimedia/graphics/aalib/pspec.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <Archive sha1sum="a23269e950a249d2ef93625837cace45ddbce03b" type="targz">mirrors://sourceforge/aa-project/aalib-1.4rc5.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>gpm</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>ncurses-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
             <Patch level="1">m4.patch</Patch>
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
         <Name>aalib</Name>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
             <Dependency>gpm</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>ncurses</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="executable">/usr/bin</Path>