diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr/patches/vdr-98-ncurses.patch b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr/patches/vdr-98-ncurses.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a9a897d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr/patches/vdr-98-ncurses.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/Makefile
+index fa0ce41..5c71bcf 100644
+--- a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/Makefile
++++ b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/Makefile
+@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ install-i18n: $(I18Nmsgs)
+ ### Targets:
+ 
+ $(SOFILE): $(OBJS)
+-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -lncursesw -o $@
++	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -lncurses -o $@
+ 
+ install-lib: $(SOFILE)
+ 	install -D $^ $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/$^.$(APIVERSION)
+diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/skincurses.c b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/skincurses.c
+index 8a4da96..4c2eeed 100644
+--- a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/skincurses.c
++++ b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/skincurses.c
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+  * $Id: skincurses.c 2.13 2013/03/31 09:30:18 kls Exp $
+  */
+ 
+-#include <ncurses.h>
++#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+ #include <vdr/osd.h>
+ #include <vdr/plugin.h>
+ #include <vdr/skins.h>