diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 6de9a93..edc9af6 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -1552,6 +1552,7 @@ fi;
 : ${PKG_NCDU_SHA256SUM:=c694783aab21e27e64baad314b7c1ff34541bfa219fe9645ef6780f1c5558c44};
 : ${PKG_NCDU_VERSION:=1.14};
 : ${PKG_NCDU_URL:=https://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdu-${PKG_NCDU_VERSION}.tar.gz};
+: ${PKG_NCDU_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:=LIBS=-lncursesw -ltinfo};
 : ${PKG_MINTTY_URLS_GIT:="mintty=https://github.com/midipix-ports/mintty.git@midipix bmintty=https://github.com/midipix-ports/bmintty.git@main"};
 : ${PKG_MINTTY_CONFIGURE:=bmintty/configure};
 : ${PKG_MINTTY_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--debug --strict --target=${DEFAULT_TARGET} --source-dir=../mintty --prefix="};