diff --git a/base/ncurses/compile.patch b/base/ncurses/compile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3b525a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/ncurses/compile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../ncurses/compile.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2009 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+--- ./c++/Makefile.in.orig
++++ ./c++/Makefile.in
+@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
+ INCDIR		= ../include
+ CPPFLAGS	= -I../c++ -I$(INCDIR) -I$(srcdir) -DHAVE_CONFIG_H @CPPFLAGS@
+ 
+-CC		= ${CXX}
++override CC		= ${CXX}
+ CCFLAGS		= $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
+ 
+ CFLAGS_LIBTOOL	= $(CCFLAGS)
+
diff --git a/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf b/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf
index 926e8204f..9f3ce009c 100644
--- a/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf
+++ b/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ prefix=
 set_confopt
 
 if ! atstage native; then
-	var_append extraconfopt " " "--without-cxx --without-cxx-binding"
+	var_append extraconfopt " " "--without-cxx --without-cxx-binding --with-build-cppflags=-D_GNU_SOURCE"
 fi
 
 # saving our local patches and empty the patchfiles variable
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ for x in `match_source_file -p 'patch'` ; do
 	var_append patchfiles " " "$x"
 done
 
+hook_add prepatch 5 "bunzip2 < `match_source_file -p termtypes` > misc/terminfo.src"
+
 # append our local patches
 var_append patchfiles " " "$localpatches"
 
diff --git a/base/ncurses/ncurses.desc b/base/ncurses/ncurses.desc
index 61034e66c..a5756d0ec 100644
--- a/base/ncurses/ncurses.desc
+++ b/base/ncurses/ncurses.desc
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-
 [COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY]
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../ncurses/ncurses.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 [COPY]
@@ -34,13 +33,8 @@
 
 [L] MIT
 [S] Stable
-[V] 5.6-20070311
+[V] 5.7
 [P] X -1-3-----9 104.000
 
-[D] 4140944326 ncurses-5.6.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/
-
-# Official patches we include.
-# Important: Preserve the order of the patches
-[D] 3584753430 ncurses-5.6-20070303-patch.sh.bz2 ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.6/
-[D] 1882521252 ncurses-5.6-20070310.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.6/
-[D] 1047580831 ncurses-5.6-20070311.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.6/
+[D] 45974054 ncurses-5.7.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/
+[D] 430723242 termtypes.ti.gz http://catb.org/~esr/terminfo/