diff --git a/sysutils/screen/Makefile b/sysutils/screen/Makefile
index eb737060b4ef..28cb4cc496a6 100644
--- a/sysutils/screen/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/screen/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	screen
 PORTVERSION=	4.6.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/ \
 		ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/ \
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ COMMENT=	Multi-screen window manager
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		INFO MAN NETHACK XTERM_256 SHOWENC SYSTEM_SCREENRC
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	INFO MAN NETHACK XTERM_256 SOCKETS SYSTEM_SCREENRC
-OPTIONS_SINGLE=		IPC
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	INFO MAN NETHACK XTERM_256 SOCKETS SYSTEM_SCREENRC \
+			NCURSES_DEFAULT
+OPTIONS_SINGLE=		IPC NCURSES
 OPTIONS_SINGLE_IPC=	SOCKETS NAMED_PIPES
+OPTIONS_SINGLE_NCURSES=	NCURSES_DEFAULT NCURSES_BASE NCURSES_PORTS
 INFO_DESC=		Build and install info documentation
 MAN_DESC=		Build and install man pages
 NETHACK_DESC=		Enable nethack-style messages
@@ -32,10 +34,17 @@ SHOWENC_DESC=		Show encoding on the status line
 SOCKETS_DESC=		Use new (4.2.1+) sockets for IPC (default)
 NAMED_PIPES_DESC=	Use legacy (4.0.3) named pipes for IPC (override)
 SYSTEM_SCREENRC_DESC=	Install system screenrc with helpful status line
+NCURSES_DEFAULT_DESC=	Depend on ncurses (ports if installed, otherwise base)
+NCURSES_BASE_DESC=	Depend on ncurses in base
+NCURSES_PORTS_DESC=	Depend on devel/ncurses in ports
+
+NCURSES_DEFAULT_USES=	ncurses
+NCURSES_BASE_USES=	ncurses:base
+NCURSES_PORTS_USES=	ncurses:ports
 
 OPTIONS_SUB=
 
-USES=		gmake cpe ncurses:base
+USES=		gmake cpe
 
 CPE_VENDOR=	gnu