diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/unibilium/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/unibilium/default.nix
index 7c92e7224f9e..717edda18a2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/unibilium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/unibilium/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, libtool, pkgconfig, perl }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, libtool, pkgconfig, perl, ncurses }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "unibilium-${version}";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "LIBTOOL=${libtool}/bin/libtool";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig perl ];
-  buildInputs = [ libtool ];
+  buildInputs = [ libtool ncurses ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A very basic terminfo library";