diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index be6344243..960b23a5a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ target_include_directories(notcurses-demo
   PRIVATE
     include
     src
+    "${TERMINFO_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
     "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES}"
     "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include"
 )
diff --git a/src/lib/internal.h b/src/lib/internal.h
index 64561ca83..5a929b966 100644
--- a/src/lib/internal.h
+++ b/src/lib/internal.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "builddef.h"
 
 #include <term.h>
+#include <ncurses.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
diff --git a/src/lib/notcurses.c b/src/lib/notcurses.c
index 8baa2c593..f101abda1 100644
--- a/src/lib/notcurses.c
+++ b/src/lib/notcurses.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistr.h>
 #include <locale.h>
-#include <ncurses.h>
 #include <uniwbrk.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <notcurses/direct.h>
diff --git a/src/lib/termdesc.c b/src/lib/termdesc.c
index 1ba5d5ef5..a511eca3d 100644
--- a/src/lib/termdesc.c
+++ b/src/lib/termdesc.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <ncurses.h>
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #endif