diff --git a/srcpkgs/ncurses/patches/no-xopen.patch b/srcpkgs/ncurses/patches/no-xopen.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c4e20f1fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ncurses/patches/no-xopen.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- include/curses.h.in	2015-03-17 14:53:23.966261378 +0100
++++ include/curses.h.in	2015-03-17 14:57:43.902100942 +0100
+@@ -149,14 +149,10 @@
+  */
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ 
+-/*
+- * With XPG4, you must define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED, it is redundant (or
+- * conflicting) when _XOPEN_SOURCE is 500 or greater.
+- */
++/* Enable wide char without consideration of _XOPEN_SOURCE.
++ * We only support ncursesw anyway.  */
+ #undef NCURSES_WIDECHAR
+-#if defined(_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED) || defined(_XPG5)
+ #define NCURSES_WIDECHAR
+-#endif
+ 
+ #include <stdarg.h>	/* we need va_list */
+ #ifdef NCURSES_WIDECHAR
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ncurses/template b/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
index bace68d14e3..1d98c5862ee 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'ncurses'.
 pkgname=ncurses
 version=5.9
-revision=11
+revision=12
 short_desc="A System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/"