diff --git a/main/bitchx/APKBUILD b/main/bitchx/APKBUILD
index befec8e3d49..1d17cafafc8 100644
--- a/main/bitchx/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/bitchx/APKBUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ url="http://bitchx.ca/"
 arch="all"
 license="GPL"
 depends=""
-depends_dev="tcl-dev openssl-dev"
+depends_dev="tcl-dev openssl-dev ncurses-dev"
 makedepends="$depends_dev coreutils"
 install=""
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"