diff --git a/package/httping/httping.mk b/package/httping/httping.mk
index ca636c0d21..719b0db25e 100644
--- a/package/httping/httping.mk
+++ b/package/httping/httping.mk
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ HTTPING_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) \
 HTTPING_DEPENDENCIES = host-gettext \
 	$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),gettext) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_WCHAR),ncurses) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),openssl) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW),fftw)
 HTTPING_MAKE_OPT = $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 	FW=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW),yes,no) \
-	NC=no \
+	NC=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_WCHAR),yes,no) \
 	SSL=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),yes,no) \
 	TFO=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HTTPING_TFO),yes,no)