diff --git a/cyber/tools/cyber_monitor/BUILD b/cyber/tools/cyber_monitor/BUILD
index b90f602936f..2650b1793bb 100644
--- a/cyber/tools/cyber_monitor/BUILD
+++ b/cyber/tools/cyber_monitor/BUILD
@@ -13,15 +13,13 @@ cc_binary(
         "renderable_message.cc",
         "screen.cc",
     ],
-    linkopts = [
-        "-lncurses",
-    ],
     deps = [
         ":cyber_topology_message",
         ":general_channel_message",
         ":screen",
         "//cyber:init",
         "//cyber/service_discovery:topology_manager",
+        "//third_party:ncurses",
         "//third_party:pthread",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/third_party/BUILD b/third_party/BUILD
index de731bce33d..b559c19a161 100644
--- a/third_party/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/BUILD
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ cc_library(
     name = "pthread",
     linkopts = ["-pthread"],
 )
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "ncurses",
+    linkopts = ["-lncurses"],
+)