diff --git a/base/htop/0001-htop-check-for-libtinfo.patch b/base/htop/0001-htop-check-for-libtinfo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f6b3d729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/htop/0001-htop-check-for-libtinfo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../htop/0001-htop-check-for-libtinfo.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2013 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 ---
+
+check if we need to link against libtinfo to not have missing symbols
+
+compile-time error
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ld: htop-CRT.o: undefined reference to symbol 'nocbreak'
+ld: note: 'nocbreak' is defined in DSO /lib/libtinfo.so.5 so try adding it to the linker command line
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+--- a/configure.ac	2013-12-22 02:46:17.146617569 +0100
++++ b/configure.ac	2013-12-22 02:56:00.300126717 +0100
+@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@
+    AC_CHECK_HEADERS([curses.h],[:],[missing_headers="$missing_headers $ac_header"])
+ fi
+
++# ncurses can be also build as separate libraries
++# check if we need to link against libtinfo to not have missing symbols
++AC_CHECK_LIB([tinfo], [nocbreak], [], [])
++
+ if test ! -z "$missing_libraries"; then
+   AC_MSG_ERROR([missing libraries: $missing_libraries])
+ fi
diff --git a/base/htop/htop.conf b/base/htop/htop.conf
index 3e926b699..b8b6017c2 100644
--- a/base/htop/htop.conf
+++ b/base/htop/htop.conf
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
+# we patch configure.ac
+autogen=1
+
 if atstage cross; then
 	var_append configcache ' ' 'ac_cv_file__proc_stat=yes'
 	var_append configcache ' ' 'ac_cv_file__proc_meminfo=yes'