diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/aerc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/aerc/default.nix
index 0f681c47aa73..0ab81bc39db0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/aerc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/aerc/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, buildGoModule, fetchurl
-, go, scdoc
+, go, ncurses, scdoc
 , python3, perl, w3m, dante
 }:
 
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   postFixup = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/aerc --prefix PATH ":" "$out/share/aerc/filters"
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/aerc --prefix PATH ":" \
+      "$out/share/aerc/filters:${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ ncurses.dev ]}"
     wrapProgram $out/share/aerc/filters/html --prefix PATH ":" \
       ${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ w3m dante ]}
   '';