diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
index 10f7dd175d..1b0f10c881 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ INC_PR = "r15"
 
 BINCONFIG = "${bindir}/ncurses-config"
 
-inherit autotools binconfig-disabled multilib_header
+inherit autotools binconfig-disabled multilib_header pkgconfig
 
 # Upstream has useful patches at times at ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/ncurses/ncurses-${PV}.tar.gz"