diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index 645c25c1b..f54f379ba 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ NCURSES_LICENSE_FILES = README
 NCURSES_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = ncurses$(NCURSES_LIB_SUFFIX)5-config
 
 NCURSES_CONF_OPTS = \
-	$(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),--without-shared,--with-shared) \
 	--without-cxx \
 	--without-cxx-binding \
 	--without-ada \
@@ -36,6 +35,14 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
 	NCURSES_DEPENDENCIES += busybox
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+NCURSES_CONF_OPTS += --without-shared --with-normal
+else ifeq ($(BR2_SHARED_LIBS),y)
+NCURSES_CONF_OPTS += --with-shared --without-normal
+else ifeq ($(BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+NCURSES_CONF_OPTS += --with-shared --with-normal
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_WCHAR),y)
 NCURSES_CONF_OPTS += --enable-widec
 NCURSES_LIB_SUFFIX = w