diff --git a/games-mud/mudix/mudix-4.3-r1.ebuild b/games-mud/mudix/mudix-4.3-r1.ebuild
index d47ab9f56e86a..6656f7e22cf87 100644
--- a/games-mud/mudix/mudix-4.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/games-mud/mudix/mudix-4.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ppc x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses"
+DEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0"
 RDEPEND=${DEPEND}
 
 src_prepare() {