diff --git a/package/libs/ncurses/Makefile b/package/libs/ncurses/Makefile
index 904d3c1551ff6ba0f4651255064fa8cebbb2d838..e22eb2b8935dd9a24ecbe5736a51a9d66791f1d2 100644
--- a/package/libs/ncurses/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/ncurses/Makefile
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=ncurses
 PKG_VERSION:=6.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
-PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/$(PKG_NAME)
 PKG_HASH:=aa057eeeb4a14d470101eff4597d5833dcef5965331be3528c08d99cebaa0d17
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ define Package/libncurses
   URL:=http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
   PROVIDES:=libncursesw
   DEPENDS:= +terminfo
-  ABI_VERSION:=$(PKG_VERSION)
+  ABI_VERSION:=6
 endef
 
 define Package/libncurses-dev
@@ -76,6 +75,11 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--enable-widec \
 	--with-build-cppflags=-D_GNU_SOURCE
 
+CONFIGURE_VARS += \
+	cf_try_fPIC=no
+
+HOST_CFLAGS += $(HOST_FPIC)
+
 HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--without-cxx \
 	--without-cxx-binding \
@@ -127,8 +131,10 @@ endef
 define Package/libncurses/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
 	for lib in ncurses panel menu form; do \
-		$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/lib$$$${lib}w.so* $(1)/usr/lib/; \
-		ln -s lib$$$${lib}w.so $(1)/usr/lib/lib$$$${lib}.so; \
+		$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/lib$$$${lib}w.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/; \
+		for so in $(1)/usr/lib/lib$$$${lib}w.so.*; do \
+			ln -s $$$${so##*/} $$$${so%w.so*}.so$$$${so##*w.so}; \
+		done; \
 	done
 endef
 
@@ -146,7 +152,9 @@ endef
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/* $(1)
 	for lib in ncurses panel menu form; do \
-		ln -s lib$$$${lib}w.so $(1)/usr/lib/lib$$$${lib}.so; \
+		for so in $(1)/usr/lib/lib$$$${lib}w.so*; do \
+			ln -s $$$${so##*/} $$$${so%w.so*}.so$$$${so##*w.so}; \
+		done; \
 	done
 	ln -s . $(1)/usr/include/ncursesw
 	$(TARGET_CROSS)ar rc $(1)/usr/lib/libtinfo.a
diff --git a/package/libs/ncurses/patches/103-ncurses-ar-determinism.patch b/package/libs/ncurses/patches/103-ncurses-ar-determinism.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d4c8f1170399f5e0c7202b1a337f284c2631f30a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libs/ncurses/patches/103-ncurses-ar-determinism.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/aclocal.m4
++++ b/aclocal.m4
+@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ AC_REQUIRE([CF_PROG_AR])
+ 
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK(for options to update archives, cf_cv_ar_flags,[
+ 	cf_cv_ar_flags=unknown
+-	for cf_ar_flags in -curvU -curv curv -crv crv -cqv cqv -rv rv
++	for cf_ar_flags in -curvD -curv curv -crv crv -cqv cqv -rv rv
+ 	do
+ 
+ 		# check if $ARFLAGS already contains this choice
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -4503,7 +4503,7 @@ if test "${cf_cv_ar_flags+set}" = set; t
+ else
+ 
+ 	cf_cv_ar_flags=unknown
+-	for cf_ar_flags in -curvU -curv curv -crv crv -cqv cqv -rv rv
++	for cf_ar_flags in -curvD -curv curv -crv crv -cqv cqv -rv rv
+ 	do
+ 
+ 		# check if $ARFLAGS already contains this choice