diff --git a/Ports/ncurses/package.sh b/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
index ef3fb62fae2..719d45b3fb1 100755
--- a/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 port=ncurses
 version=6.1
 useconfigure=true
+configopts="--with-termlib"
 files="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.1.tar.gz ncurses-6.1.tar.gz"