diff --git a/readline.spec b/readline.spec
index c4423f1..4b654fd 100644
--- a/readline.spec
+++ b/readline.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ License:        GPL
 URL:            http://www.gnu.org/software/readline/
 Source0:        https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc ncurses-devel
 Requires:       glibc 
 
 Patch0:	        shlib-patch.patch