diff --git a/dev-util/android-ndk/android-ndk-10e.ebuild b/dev-util/android-ndk/android-ndk-10e.ebuild
index 591c2180181d6..312d41979092f 100644
--- a/dev-util/android-ndk/android-ndk-10e.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/android-ndk/android-ndk-10e.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ RESTRICT="mirror strip installsources test"
 
 DEPEND="app-arch/p7zip"
 RDEPEND=">=dev-util/android-sdk-update-manager-10
-	>=sys-devel/make-3.81"
+	>=sys-devel/make-3.81
+	|| (
+		sys-libs/ncurses:0/5
+		sys-libs/ncurses:5/5
+	)"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-r${PV}"