diff --git a/net-analyzer/arpwatch/arpwatch-2.1.15-r8.ebuild b/net-analyzer/arpwatch/arpwatch-2.1.15-r8.ebuild
index 9780ba09ea4d4..d9d31a7adc29b 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/arpwatch/arpwatch-2.1.15-r8.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/arpwatch/arpwatch-2.1.15-r8.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ IUSE="selinux"
 
 DEPEND="
 	net-libs/libpcap
-	sys-libs/ncurses
+	sys-libs/ncurses:*
 "
 
 RDEPEND="