diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/irssi/irssi_0.8.16-rc1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/irssi/irssi_0.8.16-rc1.bb
index 7880a06f0b..1e27a2b0fb 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/irssi/irssi_0.8.16-rc1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/irssi/irssi_0.8.16-rc1.bb
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/irssi-${REALPV}"
 
 inherit autotools
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = "--enable-ssl"
-
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--enable-ssl \
+    --with-ncurses=${STAGING_EXECPREFIXDIR} \
+"