diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index ad26ad43bdf..7b8a5be19d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -915,4 +915,9 @@ self: super: {
   });
   fltkhs-fluid-examples = dontDistribute super.fltkhs-fluid-examples;
 
+  # https://github.com/skogsbaer/hscurses/pull/26
+  hscurses = overrideCabal super.hscurses (drv: {
+    librarySystemDepends = (drv.librarySystemDepends or []) ++ [ pkgs.ncurses ];
+  });
+
 }