diff --git a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
index 657134dae..8e72cf560 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ PACKAGES+=" help2man"
 PACKAGES+=" intltool" # Used by qalc build.
 PACKAGES+=" libglib2.0-dev" # Provides 'glib-genmarshal' which the glib build uses.
 PACKAGES+=" libtool-bin"
+PACKAGES+=" libncurses5-dev" # Used by mariadb for host build part.
 PACKAGES+=" lzip"
 PACKAGES+=" python3.6"
 PACKAGES+=" tar"