diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
index 40c4a0b86c17..89c81e2b4a24 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ let
     libjpeg
     libpng
     mpfr
+    ncurses
     openssl
     pango
     poppler
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cacert wrapGAppsHook ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ fontconfig libffi libtool sqlite gsettings-desktop-schemas gtk3 ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libiconv CoreFoundation ncurses ];
+  buildInputs = [ fontconfig libffi libtool sqlite gsettings-desktop-schemas gtk3 ncurses ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libiconv CoreFoundation ];
 
   patches = [
     # Hardcode variant detection because we wrap the Racket binary making it