diff --git a/templates/bash/template b/templates/bash/template
index 848a3e8e8d3..49ed5d25a80 100644
--- a/templates/bash/template
+++ b/templates/bash/template
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--without-bash-malloc --with-curses
  --bindir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/bin
+ --enable-array-variables --enable-brace-expansion --enable-casemod-attributes
+ --enable-casemod-expansions --enable-command-timing --enable-cond-command
+ --enable-cond-regexp --enable-coprocesses --enable-debugger
+ --enable-directory-stack --enable-dparen-arithmetic --enable-extended-glob
+ --enable-help-builtin --enable-history --enable-job-control --enable-multibyte
+ --enable-process-substitution --enable-progcomp --enable-prompt-string-decoding
+ --enable-select --enable-net-redirections --enable-restricted
  ac_cv_func_working_mktime=yes"
 short_desc="The GNU Bourne Again Shell"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -24,5 +31,6 @@ long_desc="
 base_chroot=yes
 register_shell="/bin/bash"
 
-Add_dependency run	glibc
-Add_dependency full	ncurses
+Add_dependency full	glibc
+Add_dependency build	ncurses
+Add_dependency run	ncurses-libs