diff --git a/net/httping/Makefile b/net/httping/Makefile
index 979cbb9021b1..7e2246539ab6 100644
--- a/net/httping/Makefile
+++ b/net/httping/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ PLIST_FILES=	bin/httping man/man1/httping.1.gz
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	NCURSES FFTW SSL
 
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=NCURSES SSL
+NCURSES_USES=	ncurses
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>