diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/build b/packages/devel/ncurses/build
index c0f713d4f2..063b80be93 100755
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/build
+++ b/packages/devel/ncurses/build
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ CWD=`pwd`
 setup_toolchain host
 
 # fix build with wrong libdir order
-LDFLAGS=""
+LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib -L$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib"
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD/ncurses-host
 ./configure --host=$HOST_NAME \