diff --git a/packages/audio/alsa-utils/install b/packages/audio/alsa-utils/install
index df26646607..ab4b4e5ed5 100755
--- a/packages/audio/alsa-utils/install
+++ b/packages/audio/alsa-utils/install
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 . config/options
 
 $SCRIPTS/install alsa-lib
+[ "$DEVTOOLS" = yes ] && $SCRIPTS/install ncurses
 
 PKG_DIR=`find $PACKAGES -type d -name $1`