diff --git a/package/dialog/dialog.mk b/package/dialog/dialog.mk
index 7674861d62..e8c2a0d187 100644
--- a/package/dialog/dialog.mk
+++ b/package/dialog/dialog.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 DIALOG_VERSION:=1.1-20100428
 DIALOG_SOURCE:=dialog-$(DIALOG_VERSION).tgz
 DIALOG_SITE:=ftp://invisible-island.net/dialog
-
+DIALOG_CONF_OPT = --with-ncurses
 DIALOG_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
 
 define DIALOG_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS