diff --git a/tests/test-commit-interactive-curses.t b/tests/test-commit-interactive-curses.t
--- a/tests/test-commit-interactive-curses.t
+++ b/tests/test-commit-interactive-curses.t
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#require tic
+
 Set up a repo
 
   $ cp $HGRCPATH $HGRCPATH.pretest