diff --git a/base/ncurses/ncurses-5.9-add-rxvt-unicode-terminfo.patch b/base/ncurses/ncurses-5.9-add-rxvt-unicode-terminfo.patch
index 459d9b2c3..1afaa0310 100644
--- a/base/ncurses/ncurses-5.9-add-rxvt-unicode-terminfo.patch
+++ b/base/ncurses/ncurses-5.9-add-rxvt-unicode-terminfo.patch
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../ncurses/ncurses-5.9-add-rxvt-unicode-terminfo.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2012 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
 # version.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-diff -up ncurses-5.9/misc/terminfo.src.urxvt ncurses-5.9/misc/terminfo.src
---- ncurses-5.9/misc/terminfo.src.urxvt	2011-07-18 16:24:45.304407369 +0200
-+++ ncurses-5.9/misc/terminfo.src	2011-07-18 16:26:27.854562083 +0200
-@@ -4243,6 +4243,173 @@ rxvt-cygwin-native|rxvt terminal emulato
+--- ncurses-5.9/misc/terminfo.src.orig	2012-01-14 15:01:29.000000000 +0100
++++ ncurses-5.9/misc/terminfo.src	2012-01-17 23:59:02.492061471 +0100
+@@ -4399,6 +4399,178 @@
  rxvt-16color|xterm with 16 colors like aixterm,
  	ncv#32, use=ibm+16color, use=rxvt,
  
@@ -188,6 +187,11 @@ diff -up ncurses-5.9/misc/terminfo.src.urxvt ncurses-5.9/misc/terminfo.src
 +	fsl=\007,
 +	dsl=\E]2;\007,
 +
++rxvt-unicode-256color|rxvt-unicode terminal with 256 colors (X Window System),
++	colors#256,
++	pairs#32767,
++	use=rxvt-unicode,
++
+ #### MRXVT
  # mrxvt 0.5.4
  #
- # mrxvt is based on rxvt 2.7.11, but has by default XTERM_FKEYS defined, which
diff --git a/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf b/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf
index aba4b7c18..cf021b5d3 100644
--- a/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf
+++ b/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../ncurses/ncurses.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -188,5 +188,7 @@ else
 	# generate and install .pc files for pkg-config
 	if pkginstalled pkgconfig; then
 		var_append extraconfopt " " "--enable-pc-files"
+		# without this .pc files will get installed into $datadir/pkgconfig
+		var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-pkg-config-libdir=$libdir/pkgconfig"
 	fi
 fi
diff --git a/base/ncurses/ncurses.desc b/base/ncurses/ncurses.desc
index 2b1f2c163..43986f6d9 100644
--- a/base/ncurses/ncurses.desc
+++ b/base/ncurses/ncurses.desc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY]
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../ncurses/ncurses.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 [COPY]
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
 
 [L] MIT
 [S] Stable
-[V] 5.9-20110423
+[V] 5.9-20120107
 [P] X 01-3-----9 104.000
 
 [D] 4009676220 ncurses-5.9.tar.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
 # Official upstream patches
 # Important: Preserve the order of the patches!
-[D] 2030388512 ncurses-5.9-20110409.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.9/
-[D] 584087369 ncurses-5.9-20110416.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.9/
-[D] 1554268252 ncurses-5.9-20110423.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.9/
+[D] 1956314015 ncurses-5.9-20111224-patch.sh.bz2 ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.9/
+[D] 2514510284 ncurses-5.9-20111231.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.9/
+[D] 300234261 ncurses-5.9-20120107.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.9/
diff --git a/base/ncurses/pkg_config_sysroot.patch b/base/ncurses/pkg_config_sysroot.patch.disabled
similarity index 93%
rename from base/ncurses/pkg_config_sysroot.patch
rename to base/ncurses/pkg_config_sysroot.patch.disabled
index d580554ae..10e280d7f 100644
--- a/base/ncurses/pkg_config_sysroot.patch
+++ b/base/ncurses/pkg_config_sysroot.patch.disabled
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
-# Filename: package/.../ncurses/pkg_config_sysroot.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+# Filename: package/.../ncurses/pkg_config_sysroot.patch.disabled
+# Copyright (C) 2011 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #