diff --git a/gentoostrap.sh b/gentoostrap.sh
index bd9cecd..9f91ad3 100755
--- a/gentoostrap.sh
+++ b/gentoostrap.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ build-gentoo() {
 	EOF
 	# This is required on >=17.1 to unroll some circular dependencies
 	cat <<-EOF > "$_optdest/etc/portage/package.use/gentoostrap"
+	# These solve circular dependency issues
 	dev-lang/python -sqlite
+	sys-libs/ncurses -gpm
 	EOF
 	# Configure default ebuild repositories
 	mkdir -p "$_optdest/etc/portage/repos.conf"