diff --git a/pkgs/ncurses b/pkgs/ncurses
index 724ac61..2fd9ced 100644
--- a/pkgs/ncurses
+++ b/pkgs/ncurses
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ url="$mirror/ncurses.tar.gz"
 build: crossmusl
 	cd src/ncurses-$v
 	cp $top/stuff/ncurses-fallback.c ncurses/fallback.c
-	CC="$CC -static" ./configure --prefix="$libcroot" --mandir="$root/share" --without-tests \
+	CC="$CC -static" ./configure --prefix="$libcroot" --mandir="$root/share" \
+		--datadir="$root/share" --without-tests \
 		--with-normal --enable-sigwinch --disable-nls --without-dlsym \
 		--without-cxx-binding --enable-widec \
 		--with-fallbacks="linux vt100 xterm xterm256-color" </dev/ptmx