diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass b/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass
index 096bed06..d80e9b65 100644
--- a/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass
+++ b/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL = "libuuid1 \
 		 pam-plugin-succeed-if \
 		 pam-plugin-permit \
 		 pam-plugin-nologin \
+		 ncurses-terminfo-base \
 		 "
 
 RDEPENDS += "tiff \
diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/images/gnomeos-contents-devel.bb b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/images/gnomeos-contents-devel.bb
index 00e9240a..73e438cc 100644
--- a/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/images/gnomeos-contents-devel.bb
+++ b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/images/gnomeos-contents-devel.bb
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL += "libc6-dev \
 		  icu-dev \
 		  curl-dev \
 		  libcurl-dev \
+		  ncurses-dev \
 		  "