diff --git a/srcpkgs/ncurses/template b/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
index 551ce1fa84e..01d7761e9fb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ do_build() {
 	mkdir ncurses-build ncursesw-build
 	cd ${wrksrc}/ncursesw-build
 
+	# Override config.sub with ours.
+	cp -f ${XBPS_CROSSPFDIR}/config.sub ${wrksrc}
+
 	# widec build
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC" \
 		../configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} \