diff --git a/sys-apps/ethq/ethq-0.5.0.ebuild b/sys-apps/ethq/ethq-0.5.0.ebuild
index 937e95dba856f..a22a412539ae2 100644
--- a/sys-apps/ethq/ethq-0.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/ethq/ethq-0.5.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
-DEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0"
+DEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
 
diff --git a/sys-apps/ethq/ethq-0.6.1.ebuild b/sys-apps/ethq/ethq-0.6.1.ebuild
index b5718cb8f7266..6749cb3094e69 100644
--- a/sys-apps/ethq/ethq-0.6.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/ethq/ethq-0.6.1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
-DEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0"
+DEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
 
diff --git a/sys-apps/ethq/ethq-9999.ebuild b/sys-apps/ethq/ethq-9999.ebuild
index 59fa6fa3cdc72..930a13b4f96dd 100644
--- a/sys-apps/ethq/ethq-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/ethq/ethq-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 DEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 src_prepare() {
 	default