diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index d35419b..8b3aac5 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ BuildRequires: neon-devel
 BuildRequires: sqlite-devel
 BuildRequires: gettext-devel
 BuildRequires: libselinux-devel
+#XXX: lua fix this
+BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
 
 # XXX Red Hat 5.2 has not bzip2 or python
 %if %{with_bzip2}