diff --git a/package/uemacs/uemacs.mk b/package/uemacs/uemacs.mk
index 6e2f4c4973..539ad51f0e 100644
--- a/package/uemacs/uemacs.mk
+++ b/package/uemacs/uemacs.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ $(UEMACS_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(UEMACS_SOURCE)
 
 $(UEMACS_DIR)/$(UEMACS_BINARY): $(UEMACS_DIR)/.unpacked
 	$(MAKE) -C $(UEMACS_DIR) \
-	CC="$(TARGET_CC)" DEFINES="-DAUTOCONF -DPOSIX -DUSG" CFLAGS+="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) " LIBS=-lncurses
+	CC="$(TARGET_CC)" DEFINES="-DAUTOCONF -DPOSIX -DUSG" CFLAGS+="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) " LIBS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -lncurses"
 	$(STRIPCMD) $(UEMACS_DIR)/$(UEMACS_BINARY)
 
 $(TARGET_DIR)/$(UEMACS_TARGET_BINARY): $(UEMACS_DIR)/$(UEMACS_BINARY)