diff --git a/package/base/termutils/no-tput.diff b/package/base/termutils/no-tput.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..516d9ee03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/termutils/no-tput.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ./Makefile.in~	1995-12-01 16:39:01.000000000 +0100
++++ ./Makefile.in	2006-10-22 02:21:47.000000000 +0200
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
+ 	${CONFIG_BOT} mkinstalldirs
+ DIST_FILES = $(DIST_CONF) $(SOURCES) $(TEXINFOS) $(INFOS) $(MANS) $(DIST_OTHER)
+ 
+-PROGRAMS = tput tabs
++PROGRAMS = tabs
+ LIBRARIES = util
+ TEXINFOS = tput.texi
+ 
diff --git a/package/base/termutils/termutils.conf b/package/base/termutils/termutils.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8c4567fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/termutils/termutils.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+if pkginstalled ncurses ; then
+	# ncurses also ships tput
+	var_append patchfiles ' ' "$confdir/no-tput.diff"
+else
+	# install the tput info page
+	var_append makeopt ' ' '--install-info'
+fi