diff --git a/extra/alsa-utils/build b/extra/alsa-utils/build
index e5b4d467..608d209f 100755
--- a/extra/alsa-utils/build
+++ b/extra/alsa-utils/build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     --disable-alsaconf \
     --disable-bat   \
     --disable-nls   \
+    --with-curses=ncursesw \
     --disable-xmlto \
     --without-debug \
     --prefix=/usr
diff --git a/extra/alsa-utils/checksums b/extra/alsa-utils/checksums
index 0ec8978d..86fcb074 100644
--- a/extra/alsa-utils/checksums
+++ b/extra/alsa-utils/checksums
@@ -1 +1 @@
-fd9bf528922b3829a91913b89a1858c58a0b24271a7b5f529923aa9ea12fa4cf  alsa-utils-1.1.8.tar.bz2
+5ddf2cbddb4bd1a4a2a6492a09c25898b08c3ad64893c3655be14194cf0a213a  alsa-utils-1.1.9.tar.bz2
diff --git a/extra/alsa-utils/depends b/extra/alsa-utils/depends
index 6a470ffa..19afe0a0 100644
--- a/extra/alsa-utils/depends
+++ b/extra/alsa-utils/depends
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 ncurses
+alsa-lib
diff --git a/extra/alsa-utils/sources b/extra/alsa-utils/sources
index 39ec4a3c..726d0938 100644
--- a/extra/alsa-utils/sources
+++ b/extra/alsa-utils/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.1.8.tar.bz2
+ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.1.9.tar.bz2
diff --git a/extra/alsa-utils/version b/extra/alsa-utils/version
index 7a39cf64..6d534464 100644
--- a/extra/alsa-utils/version
+++ b/extra/alsa-utils/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.1.8 1
+1.1.9 1