diff --git a/Ports/ncurses/package.sh b/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
index ea6ead6e559..d0b410e7887 100755
--- a/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 port=ncurses
 version=6.2
 useconfigure=true
-configopts="--with-termlib --enable-pc-files --with-pkg-config=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig --with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig --without-ada --enable-sigwinch"
+configopts="--with-termlib --enable-pc-files --with-pkg-config=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig --with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig --without-ada --enable-sigwinch --with-shared"
 files="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-${version}.tar.gz ncurses-${version}.tar.gz
 https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-${version}.tar.gz.sig ncurses-${version}.tar.gz.sig
 https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-keyring.gpg gnu-keyring.gpg"
diff --git a/Ports/ncurses/patches/fix-configure.patch b/Ports/ncurses/patches/fix-configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dae6e21c652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Ports/ncurses/patches/fix-configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/configure b/configure
+index 06f344f3e..240cd098b 100755
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -5943,7 +5943,7 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}$cf_cv_ldflags_search_paths_first" >&6
+ 		fi
+ 		cf_cv_rm_so_locs=yes
+ 		;;
+-	(linux*|gnu*|k*bsd*-gnu)
++	(linux*|gnu*|k*bsd*-gnu|*serenity*)
+ 		if test "$DFT_LWR_MODEL" = "shared" && test -n "$LD_RPATH_OPT" ; then
+ 			LOCAL_LDFLAGS="${LD_RPATH_OPT}\$(LOCAL_LIBDIR)"
+ 			LOCAL_LDFLAGS2="$LOCAL_LDFLAGS"