diff --git a/chapter08/procps.xml b/chapter08/procps.xml
index 399d0cec7..8dccfd697 100644
--- a/chapter08/procps.xml
+++ b/chapter08/procps.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@
 <screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                           \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version; \
             --disable-static                        \
-            --disable-kill</userinput></screen>
+            --disable-kill                          \
+            --enable-watch8bit</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                           \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version; \
             --disable-static                        \
             --disable-kill                          \
+            --enable-watch8bit                      \
             --with-systemd</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
@@ -63,6 +65,15 @@
           command; it will be installed from the Util-linux package.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--enable-watch8bit</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This switch enables the ncursesw support for the
+          <command>watch</command> command, so it can handle 8-bit
+          characters.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>