diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/build b/packages/devel/ncurses/build
index 1cfb9de5fd..6c834e36ca 100755
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/build
+++ b/packages/devel/ncurses/build
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD/ncurses-host
 make -C include
 make -C progs tic
 
-cp -PR progs/tic $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
+cp progs/tic $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
 
 cd "$CWD"
 
@@ -83,3 +83,8 @@ $MAKEINSTALL -C form
 cp $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/ncurses/curses.h \
    $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/ncurses/term.h \
    $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/
+
+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