diff --git a/src/GNUmakefile.common b/src/GNUmakefile.common
index ab8a837..665d452 100644
--- a/src/GNUmakefile.common
+++ b/src/GNUmakefile.common
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ${JSMN}:
 		cd ${DEPSDIR}/jsmn/ && ${MAKE} CC=${CC}
 
 ${CDK}:
-		cd ${DEPSDIR}/cdk-5.0-20161210/ && ./configure --with-ncurses && ${MAKE} CC=${CC}
+		cd ${DEPSDIR}/cdk-5.0-20161210/ && ./configure --with-ncurses ${DEPS_CDK_OPTS} && ${MAKE} CC=${CC}
 
 ${UUID}:
 		rm ${DEPSDIR}/libuuid/ltmain.sh ${DEPSDIR}/libuuid/libtool || true
diff --git a/src/GNUmakefile.dragonfly b/src/GNUmakefile.dragonfly
index 8121914..1312a93 100644
--- a/src/GNUmakefile.dragonfly
+++ b/src/GNUmakefile.dragonfly
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ LIBS:=			-L/usr/local/lib -lsqlite3 -lutil -lm -lssl -lcrypto -lssh -liconv -lmo
 
 LIBTOOLIZE:=    libtoolize
 
+
+DEPS_CDK_OPTS:= --with-curses-dir=/usr/local
 DEPS_LUA_TARGET:=	dragonfly
 DEPS_JAMLIB_MAKEFILE:=	Makefile.linux