diff --git a/package/base/ncurses/wchar_hotfix.patch b/package/base/ncurses/wchar_hotfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5371af4aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/ncurses/wchar_hotfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+wchar.h must be included directly (and not via _G_config.h, which happens eg.
+when including stdio.h before wchar.h). strange - can't reproduce it in the
+chroot filesystem.  ~~ Clifford
+
+--- ./ncurses/curses.priv.h	2007-11-19 20:35:11.000000000 +0000
++++ ./ncurses/curses.priv.h	2007-11-19 20:39:07.000000000 +0000
+@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
+  *     and: Thomas E. Dickey                        1996-on                 *
+  ****************************************************************************/
+ 
++#include <wchar.h>
++
+ 
+ /*
+  * $Id: curses.priv.h,v 1.314 2006/12/10 00:55:14 tom Exp $