diff --git a/packages/databases/mysql/package.mk b/packages/databases/mysql/package.mk
index 438b857974..a8276d5586 100644
--- a/packages/databases/mysql/package.mk
+++ b/packages/databases/mysql/package.mk
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="MySQL is a SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. SQL is
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
-TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
+TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC -I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/ncurses"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--with-zlib-dir=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN"
 
diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
index 42a39a2649..61351acbe0 100644
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ make_target() {
   make -C panel
   make -C menu
   make -C form
-
-  $AR cru lib/libncurses.a obj_s/*.o
 }
 
 makeinstall_target() {
@@ -112,20 +110,14 @@ makeinstall_target() {
   $MAKEINSTALL -C menu
   $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
 
-  make DESTDIR=$INSTALL -C include install
   make DESTDIR=$INSTALL -C ncurses install
   make DESTDIR=$INSTALL -C panel install
   make DESTDIR=$INSTALL -C menu install
   make DESTDIR=$INSTALL -C form install
-
 }
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
diff --git a/packages/tools/nano/build b/packages/tools/nano/build
index ee623e9098..11b6582404 100755
--- a/packages/tools/nano/build
+++ b/packages/tools/nano/build
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/ncurses"
 LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||"`
 LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -ltinfo"