diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f79ffeca6..9f28d58e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install \
             libgtk2.0-0 \
+            libncursesw6 \
             libsdl-image1.2-dev \
             libsdl-ttf2.0-dev \
             libsdl1.2-dev \