diff --git a/net/bmon/Makefile b/net/bmon/Makefile
index 500674f09..292779f05 100644
--- a/net/bmon/Makefile
+++ b/net/bmon/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 define Package/bmon
   SECTION:=net
   CATEGORY:=Network
-  DEPENDS:=+libncurses +libnl +confuse
+  DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_libncursesw:libncursesw +!PACKAGE_libncursesw:libncurses +libnl +confuse
   TITLE:=bmon is a portable bandwidth monitor
   URL:=https://github.com/tgraf/bmon/
 endef