diff --git a/tools/ubuntu_setup.sh b/tools/ubuntu_setup.sh
index 71bad2e8a2..97b706de5b 100755
--- a/tools/ubuntu_setup.sh
+++ b/tools/ubuntu_setup.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ function install_ubuntu_common_requirements() {
     libgles2-mesa-dev \
     libglfw3-dev \
     libglib2.0-0 \
+    libncurses5-dev \
+    libncursesw5-dev \
     libomp-dev \
     libopencv-dev \
     libpng16-16 \