diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/bash/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/bash/package.mk
index f65d0023c2..1f499e18f4 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/bash/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/bash/package.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html"
 PKG_URL="ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain netbsd-curses"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="The GNU Bourne Again shell"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The GNU Bourne Again shell"