diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/vim.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/vim.eclass
index 77451d0b6e..1bb10fb586 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/vim.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/vim.eclass
@@ -475,6 +475,10 @@ vim_src_configure() {
 		myconf="${myconf} $(use_enable nls) $(use_enable acl)"
 	fi
 
+	# Note: If USE=gpm, then ncurses will still be required. See bug #93970
+	# for the reasons behind the USE flag change.
+	myconf="${myconf} --with-tlib=curses"
+
 	myconf="${myconf} --disable-selinux"
 
 	# Let Portage do the stripping. Some people like that.