diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd528b5..2c20d9d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ interface and a programmable text output for scripting.
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/tgraf/bmon.git
 cd bmon
-apt-get install build-essential make libconfuse-dev libnl-3-dev libnl-route-3-dev
+apt-get install build-essential make libconfuse-dev libnl-3-dev libnl-route-3-dev libncurses-dev
 ./configure
 make
 make install