diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
index f5e37b94da..e96ee075bd 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ do_install() {
 
         # include some basic terminfo files
         # stolen ;) from gentoo and modified a bit
-        for x in ansi console dumb linux rxvt screen screen-256color sun vt52 vt100 vt102 vt200 vt220 xterm-color xterm-xfree86 xterm-256color
+        for x in alacritty ansi console dumb linux rxvt screen screen-256color sun vt52 vt100 vt102 vt200 vt220 xterm-color xterm-xfree86 xterm-256color
         do
                 local termfile="$(find "${D}${datadir}/terminfo/" -name "${x}" 2>/dev/null)"
                 local basedir="$(basename $(dirname "${termfile}"))"