diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template b/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
index 2942f690f94..85ee1fd7e6b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ esac
 depends+="
  base-files binutils gcc gcc-ada libada-devel
  patch sed findutils diffutils make gzip coreutils
- file bsdtar ccache xbps chroot-bash chroot-grep
- chroot-gawk chroot-distcc chroot-util-linux chroot-git"
+ file bsdtar ccache xbps mpfr ncurses libreadline8
+ chroot-bash chroot-grep chroot-gawk chroot-distcc
+ chroot-util-linux chroot-git"
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then