diff --git a/srcpkgs/vis/template b/srcpkgs/vis/template
index 054bd7f98eb..e33ff959148 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vis/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vis/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.7
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="acl-devel libtermkey-devel lua53-devel"
+makedepends="acl-devel libtermkey-devel lua53-devel ncurses-devel"
 depends="lua53-lpeg"
 short_desc="Vi-like editor based on Plan 9's structural regular expressions"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"