diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 632c22d08dc40bbd70fc6cf615c5bc6ec5a650c5..ea5d06e89e3470b3243337033fba0592918b8bcf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ if (OPENDHT_SANITIZE)
     set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address -fstack-protector-strong")
 endif ()
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_NIL -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_CONVERT")
+
+set (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -lncurses")
+
 if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
 endif ()