diff --git a/profiles/base/package.use/default b/profiles/base/package.use/default
index 43104801e..82e671ec5 100644
--- a/profiles/base/package.use/default
+++ b/profiles/base/package.use/default
@@ -88,3 +88,6 @@ media-libs/libgpod python
 
 # Enable support for Media Transfer Protocol
 kde-apps/kio-extras mtp
+
+# needed only for binary packages
+sys-libs/ncurses tinfo