diff --git a/sci-misc/cdfplayer/cdfplayer-10.4.0.ebuild b/sci-misc/cdfplayer/cdfplayer-10.4.0.ebuild
index 49d8e1ad563a0..326bdf0a90ae8 100644
--- a/sci-misc/cdfplayer/cdfplayer-10.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/sci-misc/cdfplayer/cdfplayer-10.4.0.ebuild
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/icu
 	x11-libs/libxcb
 	dev-libs/libxml2
+	|| ( sys-libs/ncurses:5/5 sys-libs/ncurses:0/5 )
 "
 
 # we need this a few times