diff --git a/package/ncurses/Config.in b/package/ncurses/Config.in
index b90ec9e59..3cc0a374b 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/Config.in
+++ b/package/ncurses/Config.in
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 config BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_WCHAR
 	bool "enable wide char support"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	# Build broken @ curses.priv.h with bad declarations
+	depends on !(BR2_bfin && BR2_BINFMT_FLAT)
 	help
 	  Enable wide char & UTF-8 support in ncurses libraries
 
diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index bd2aac017..81a39988a 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -40,15 +40,26 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_WCHAR),y)
 NCURSES_CONF_OPT += --enable-widec
 NCURSES_LIB_SUFFIX = w
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),y)
 define NCURSES_LINK_LIBS
 	for lib in $(NCURSES_LIBS-y); do \
+		ln -sf $${lib}$(NCURSES_LIB_SUFFIX).a \
+			$(1)/usr/lib/$${lib}.a; \
+	done
+endef
+else
+define NCURSES_LINK_LIBS
+	for lib in $(NCURSES_LIBS-y); do \
+		ln -sf $${lib}$(NCURSES_LIB_SUFFIX).a \
+			$(1)/usr/lib/$${lib}.a; \
 		ln -sf $${lib}$(NCURSES_LIB_SUFFIX).so \
 			$(1)/usr/lib/$${lib}.so; \
 	done
 endef
+endif
 
-NCURSES_LINK_TARGET_LIBS =  $(call NCURSES_LINK_LIBS, $(TARGET_DIR))
-NCURSES_LINK_STAGING_LIBS =  $(call NCURSES_LINK_LIBS, $(STAGING_DIR))
+NCURSES_LINK_TARGET_LIBS = $(call NCURSES_LINK_LIBS, $(TARGET_DIR))
+NCURSES_LINK_STAGING_LIBS = $(call NCURSES_LINK_LIBS, $(STAGING_DIR))
 
 NCURSES_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += NCURSES_LINK_STAGING_LIBS