diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.7.1.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.7.1.bb
index 03034864c8..6d61684e69 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.7.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.7.1.bb
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ do_install() {
 }
 
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "lrzsz"
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "ncurses-terminfo-base"