diff --git a/lmod/files/apt_packages.txt b/lmod/files/apt_packages.txt
index 2e8b2395f324334ca8595f2fc71edfed602e2b21..95c06fa5f247631ae41cb13165635ebc516c3ce2 100644
--- a/lmod/files/apt_packages.txt
+++ b/lmod/files/apt_packages.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ fonts-liberation
 fuse
 git
 htop
-make
 less
+libncurses5-dev
+libncursesw5-dev
 locales
+make
 python3.8
 python3.8-dev
 python3.8-distutils