diff --git a/w3m/Makefile b/w3m/Makefile
index d7c6347..6cf1d9a 100644
--- a/w3m/Makefile
+++ b/w3m/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ define Package/w3m
     SECTION:=network
     CATEGORY:=Network
     URL:=http://w3m.sourceforge.net/
-    DEPENDS:=+libopenssl +gc
+    DEPENDS:=+libopenssl +gc +libncurses
 endef
 
 define Package/w3m/description