diff --git a/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.6.9999.ebuild b/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.6.9999.ebuild
index caf6e47..b5cf15d 100644
--- a/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.6.9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.6.9999.ebuild
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		"LP64=yes"
 		"new_dtags=yes"
 		"NOTEST=$(usex !test)"
-		"USE_READLINE=$(usex ncurses)"
+		"USE_READLINE=$(usex readline)"
 		"OPTIMIZE=$(usex !debug)"
 	)