diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index 9b660fdf7a..7febed63f0 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ define NCURSES_LINK_LIBS_SHARED
 		$(1)/usr/lib/libcurses.so
 endef
 
+define NCURSES_LINK_PC
+	for pc in $(NCURSES_LIBS-y); do \
+		ln -sf $${pc}$(NCURSES_LIB_SUFFIX).pc \
+			$(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/$${pc}.pc; \
+	done
+endef
+
 NCURSES_LINK_TARGET_LIBS = \
 	$(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS)$(BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS),$(call NCURSES_LINK_LIBS_STATIC,$(TARGET_DIR))) \
 	$(if $(BR2_SHARED_LIBS)$(BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS),$(call NCURSES_LINK_LIBS_SHARED,$(TARGET_DIR)))
@@ -77,7 +84,10 @@ NCURSES_LINK_STAGING_LIBS = \
 	$(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS)$(BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS),$(call NCURSES_LINK_LIBS_STATIC,$(STAGING_DIR))) \
 	$(if $(BR2_SHARED_LIBS)$(BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS),$(call NCURSES_LINK_LIBS_SHARED,$(STAGING_DIR)))
 
+NCURSES_LINK_STAGING_PC = $(call NCURSES_LINK_PC,$(STAGING_DIR))
+
 NCURSES_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += NCURSES_LINK_STAGING_LIBS
+NCURSES_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += NCURSES_LINK_STAGING_PC
 
 endif