diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
index 8e7d10782157..44086538cd04 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libgpgerror, gnupg, pkgconfig, glib, pth, libassuan
-, file, which
+, file, which, ncurses
 , autoreconfHook
 , git
 , texinfo
 , qtbase ? null
-, withPython ? false, swig2 ? null, python ? null
+, pythonSupport ? false, swig2 ? null, python ? null
 }:
 
 let
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional (qtbase != null) qtbase;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ file pkgconfig gnupg autoreconfHook git texinfo ]
-  ++ lib.optionals withPython [ python swig2 which ];
+  ++ lib.optionals pythonSupport [ python swig2 which ncurses ];
 
   postPatch =''
     substituteInPlace ./configure --replace /usr/bin/file ${file}/bin/file
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-fixed-path=${gnupg}/bin"
     "--with-libgpg-error-prefix=${libgpgerror.dev}"
-  ] ++ lib.optional withPython "--enable-languages=python";
+  ] ++ lib.optional pythonSupport "--enable-languages=python";
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE =
     # qgpgme uses Q_ASSERT which retains build inputs at runtime unless
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f2c0c7c1b27a..3ec5d7f9e9a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5672,7 +5672,7 @@ in {
 
   google_cloud_speech = callPackage ../development/python-modules/google_cloud_speech { };
 
-  gpgme = toPythonModule (pkgs.gpgme.override { withPython=true; });
+  gpgme = toPythonModule (pkgs.gpgme.override { pythonSupport=true; inherit python; });
 
   gphoto2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gphoto2 {
     inherit (pkgs) pkgconfig;