diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d468919a..4b880db4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ endif()
 find_library(HAVE_LIBREADLINE NAMES ${PREFERRED_LIBREADLINE})
 if(HAVE_LIBREADLINE)
     set(LIB_LIBREADLINE ${HAVE_LIBREADLINE})
+    find_library(LIB_NCURSES NAMES ncurses)
 elseif(MSVC)
     set(HAVE_LIBREADLINE 1)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a87ffa9..6b227f30 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ target_link_libraries(libavrdude
     ${LIB_LIBFTDI}
     ${LIB_LIBFTDI1}
     ${LIB_LIBREADLINE}
+    ${LIB_NCURSES}
     ${EXTRA_WINDOWS_LIBRARIES}
     )