diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index 8368c690b..c5f6b91ab 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ HOST_NCURSES_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--without-cxx \
 	--without-cxx-binding \
 	--without-ada \
-	--without-normal
+	--without-normal \
+	CPPFLAGS="$(HOST_CPPFLAGS) -P"
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))