diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 44e2979..6dd7b37 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     var sys_libs: std.ArrayList(Translator.LinkSystemLib) = .empty;
     sys_libs.ensureUnusedCapacity(b.graph.arena, 2) catch @panic("OOM");
     if (use_system_ncurses) {
-        sys_libs.appendAssumeCapacity(.{ .name = "ncursesw" });
+        sys_libs.appendAssumeCapacity(.{ .name = "ncursesw", .options = .{ .use_pkg_config = .force } });
     }
     if (use_system_zstd) {
-        sys_libs.appendAssumeCapacity(.{ .name = "zstd" });
+        sys_libs.appendAssumeCapacity(.{ .name = "zstd", .options = .{ .use_pkg_config = .force } });
     }
 
     const translate_c = b.dependency("translate_c", .{});