diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
index d3ab285e4c..8f96f217c3 100644
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ post_makeinstall_target() {
   cp misc/ncurses-config $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
     chmod +x $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses-config
     $SED "s:\(['=\" ]\)/usr:\\1$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr:g" $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses-config
+  ln -sf ncurses-config $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses5-config
+  ln -sf ncurses5-config $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses6-config
 
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin/ncurses*-config
 }