diff --git a/recipes/tools/nano/recipe.toml b/recipes/tools/nano/recipe.toml
index 1d23c047..b5877656 100644
--- a/recipes/tools/nano/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tools/nano/recipe.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@ script = """
 export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
 cookbook_configure
 """
+
+[package]
+dependencies = [
+    "terminfo"
+]