diff --git a/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame_3.99.5.bb b/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame_3.99.5.bb
index 764fcc1122..978636af90 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame_3.99.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame_3.99.5.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ SECTION = "console/utils"
 LICENSE = "LGPLv2+"
 LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial"
 
+DEPENDS = "ncurses"
+
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=c46bda00ffbb0ba1dac22f8d087f54d9 \
                     file://include/lame.h;beginline=1;endline=20;md5=a2258182c593c398d15a48262130a92b \
 "