diff --git a/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf b/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf
index 48e8db947..bba628284 100644
--- a/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf
+++ b/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ ncurses_preconf() {
 		# first loop is easy, always simply narrowc
 		mkdir -p narrowc
 		cd narrowc
+		# generate separate tic library
+		var_append confopt ' ' "--with-ticlib"
 	else
 		cd ..
 		# then the things get a bit uglier