diff --git a/meta/recipes-multimedia/alsa/alsa-utils_1.2.11.bb b/meta/recipes-multimedia/alsa/alsa-utils_1.2.11.bb
index e598fac9f8..8b59417b01 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-multimedia/alsa/alsa-utils_1.2.11.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-multimedia/alsa/alsa-utils_1.2.11.bb
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ ALSA_UTILS_PKGS = "\
 PACKAGES += "${ALSA_UTILS_PKGS}"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${ALSA_UTILS_PKGS}"
 
+RDEPENDS:alsa-utils-alsamixer += "ncurses"
+
 FILES:${PN} = ""
 ALLOW_EMPTY:alsa-utils = "1"
 FILES:alsa-utils-alsabat     = "${bindir}/alsabat"