diff --git a/packages/devel/gdb/install b/packages/devel/gdb/install
index b8b36c32a5..30cace05a6 100755
--- a/packages/devel/gdb/install
+++ b/packages/devel/gdb/install
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options
 
+$SCRIPTS/install ncurses
+
 cp $PKG_BUILD/objdir/$1/$1 $INSTALL/usr/bin