diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index e63b6e4aed..8d0eb1e086 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ HOST_NCURSES_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--without-cxx \
 	--without-cxx-binding \
 	--without-ada \
+	--with-default-terminfo-dir=/usr/share/terminfo \
 	--without-normal
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))