diff --git a/gnu/packages/messaging.scm b/gnu/packages/messaging.scm
index 5137e03337a..f062b4f34fa 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/messaging.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/messaging.scm
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ XMPP-based sessions.")
            gobject-introspection
            gtk-doc/stable
            pkg-config))
-    (inputs (list ncurses))
+    (inputs (list libxcrypt ncurses))
     (propagated-inputs (list glib libxml2 python-2))
     (synopsis "GLib Ncurses Toolkit")
     (description "GNT is an ncurses toolkit for creating text-mode graphical