diff --git a/package/htop/htop.mk b/package/htop/htop.mk
index 9451d159fa..dd3bed41b8 100644
--- a/package/htop/htop.mk
+++ b/package/htop/htop.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ HTOP_VERSION = 2.0.2
 HTOP_SITE = http://hisham.hm/htop/releases/$(HTOP_VERSION)
 HTOP_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
 # Prevent htop build system from searching the host paths
-HTOP_CONF_ENV = HTOP_NCURSES_CONFIG_SCRIPT=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/ncurses5-config
+HTOP_CONF_ENV = HTOP_NCURSES_CONFIG_SCRIPT=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/$(NCURSES_CONFIG_SCRIPTS)
 HTOP_LICENSE = GPLv2
 HTOP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING