diff --git a/app-shells/rc/rc-1.7.4-r2.ebuild b/app-shells/rc/rc-1.7.4-r2.ebuild
index 038bae2f0a786..a38be60805e8b 100644
--- a/app-shells/rc/rc-1.7.4-r2.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/rc/rc-1.7.4-r2.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="libedit readline"
 
-RDEPEND="readline? ( sys-libs/readline:= )
+RDEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:=
+	readline? ( sys-libs/readline:= )
 	libedit? ( dev-libs/libedit )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"