diff --git a/src/makefile b/src/makefile
index 02a2b4e..0b70c70 100644
--- a/src/makefile
+++ b/src/makefile
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ CC = gcc
 CFLAGS = -W -Wall -pedantic -ansi -std=c99
 OUTPUT = ../bin/hatneck
 OBJECTS =
+LDFLAGS = -lncurses
 
 hatneck: ${OBJECTS}
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} hatneck.c -o ${OUTPUT} ${OBJECTS}
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} hatneck.c -o ${OUTPUT} ${OBJECTS}
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf *.o ${OUTPUT}