diff --git a/scli/scli.spec b/scli/scli.spec
index bde42dffae..2d50b30ef5 100644
--- a/scli/scli.spec
+++ b/scli/scli.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG [EVAL]
 Group:        Network
 License:      GPL
 Version:      0.2.12
-Release:      20021219
+Release:      20030117
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      ftp://ftp.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/pub/local/scli/scli-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
 %build
     CC="%{l_cc}" \
     CFLAGS="%{l_cflags -O}" \
-    CPPFLAGS="%{l_cppflags}" \
+    CPPFLAGS="%{l_cppflags ncurses}" \
     LDFLAGS="%{l_ldflags}" \
     ./configure \
         --prefix=%{l_prefix} \