diff --git a/openwrt/package/Config.in b/openwrt/package/Config.in
index cdce099fc..294482e97 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/Config.in
+++ b/openwrt/package/Config.in
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ source "package/libpcap/Config.in"
 source "package/libelf/Config.in"
 source "package/matrixssl/Config.in"
 source "package/lzo/Config.in"
+source "package/ncurses/Config.in"
 source "package/openssl/Config.in"
 source "package/pcre/Config.in"
 source "package/popt/Config.in"
diff --git a/openwrt/package/Makefile b/openwrt/package/Makefile
index a0aa4caa9..5bf8c67f1 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/Makefile
+++ b/openwrt/package/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_PPP) += ppp
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_LZO) += lzo
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB) += zlib
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_MATRIXSSL) += matrixssl
+package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES) += ncurses
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL) += openssl
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENVPN) += openvpn
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE) += pcre
diff --git a/openwrt/package/ncurses/Config.in b/openwrt/package/ncurses/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d6770cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/ncurses/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
+	tristate "ncurses"
+	default m
+	help
+	  A terminal handling library
+	  
+	  http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
+	  
+
diff --git a/openwrt/package/ncurses/Makefile b/openwrt/package/ncurses/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a3ad4a56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/ncurses/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME := ncurses
+PKG_VERSION := 5.2
+PKG_RELEASE := 5
+
+PKG_SOURCE_SITE := ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/
+PKG_SOURCE_FILE := $(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_CAT := zcat
+PKG_SOURCE_DIR := $(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_BUILD_DIR := $(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_DIR)
+PKG_IPK := $(PACKAGE_DIR)/lib$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE)_$(ARCH).ipk
+
+
+$(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE):
+	mkdir -p $(DL_DIR)
+	$(WGET) -P $(DL_DIR) $(PKG_SOURCE_SITE)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE)
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules: $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE)
+	mkdir -p $(TOOL_BUILD_DIR)
+	$(PKG_SOURCE_CAT) $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
+	$(PATCH) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) . $(PKG_NAME)-\*.diff
+	chmod a+x $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules
+
+$(PKG_IPK): $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules
+	cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
+	ipkg/rules \
+	  TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" \
+	  IPKG_RULES_INC="$(TOPDIR)/rules.mk" \
+	  INSTALL_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
+	 package
+
+$(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/lib$(PKG_NAME).list: $(PKG_IPK)
+	$(IPKG) install $(PKG_IPK)
+
+source: $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE)
+prepare: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules
+compile: $(PKG_IPK)
+install: $(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/lib$(PKG_NAME).list
+
+clean:
+	-cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
+	ipkg/rules \
+	  TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" IPKG_RULES_INC="$(TOPDIR)/rules.mk" \
+	  INSTALL_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
+	 clean
+	rm -rf $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
+	rm -r $(PKG_IPK)
+
diff --git a/openwrt/package/ncurses/ncurses-5.2-5.diff b/openwrt/package/ncurses/ncurses-5.2-5.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e1fba6c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/ncurses/ncurses-5.2-5.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+diff -ruN ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/libncurses/CONTROL/control ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/libncurses/CONTROL/control
+--- ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/libncurses/CONTROL/control	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/libncurses/CONTROL/control	2005-03-06 22:47:47.000000000 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
++Package: libncurses
++Priority: optional
++Section: libs
++Version: [TBDL]
++Architecture: [TBDL]
++Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
++Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/ncurses/
++Description: a terminal handling library
+diff -ruN ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/ncurses-dev/CONTROL/control ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/ncurses-dev/CONTROL/control
+--- ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/ncurses-dev/CONTROL/control	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/ncurses-dev/CONTROL/control	2005-03-06 22:47:39.000000000 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
++Package: ncurses-dev
++Priority: optional
++Section: devel
++Version: [TBDL]
++Architecture: [TBDL]
++Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
++Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/ncurses/
++Description: a terminal handling library (development)
+diff -ruN ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/ncurses-term/CONTROL/control ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/ncurses-term/CONTROL/control
+--- ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/ncurses-term/CONTROL/control	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/ncurses-term/CONTROL/control	2005-03-06 22:47:55.000000000 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
++Package: ncurses-term
++Priority: optional
++Section: admin
++Version: [TBDL]
++Architecture: [TBDL]
++Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
++Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/ncurses/
++Description: common terminal definitions
++Depends: libncurses
+diff -ruN ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/rules ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/rules
+--- ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/rules	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/rules	2005-03-08 05:14:46.000000000 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
++#!/usr/bin/make -f
++
++ifneq ($(strip ${IPKG_RULES_INC}),)
++ include $(IPKG_RULES_INC)
++endif
++
++##
++
++PKG_VERSION := $(shell cat ./ipkg/version)
++CURRENT_DIR := $(shell pwd)
++INSTALL_DIR = $(CURRENT_DIR)/ipkg-install
++
++I_LIBNCURSES := ipkg/libncurses
++I_NCURSES_DEV := ipkg/ncurses-dev
++I_NCURSES_TERM := ipkg/ncurses-term
++
++BUILD_DEPS := \
++
++CONFIGURE_OPTS = \
++	--with-terminfo-dirs=/usr/share/terminfo \
++	--with-default-terminfo-dir=/usr/share/terminfo \
++	--without-ada \
++	--without-cxx \
++	--without-cxx-binding \
++	--without-progs \
++	--without-profile \
++	--without-debug \
++	--disable-rpath \
++	--enable-echo \
++	--enable-const \
++	--enable-overwrite \
++	--with-shared \
++	--with-normal \
++##
++
++all: package
++
++
++.stamp-configured: $(BUILD_DEPS)
++
++	rm -rf config.cache
++	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
++	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
++	ac_cv_linux_vers="2" \
++	./configure \
++	  --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
++	  --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
++	  --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
++	  --prefix=/usr \
++	  --exec-prefix=/usr \
++	  --bindir=/usr/bin \
++	  --datadir=/usr/share \
++	  --includedir=/usr/include \
++	  --infodir=/usr/share/info \
++	  --libdir=/usr/lib \
++	  --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
++	  --localstatedir=/var \
++	  --mandir=/usr/share/man \
++	  --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
++	  --sysconfdir=/etc \
++	  $(DISABLE_NLS) \
++	  $(CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
++	
++	touch .stamp-configured
++
++
++.stamp-built: .stamp-configured
++
++	$(MAKE) \
++	  $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
++	  BUILD_CC=$(TARGET_CC) \
++	  HOSTCC=$(HOSTCC) \
++	
++	touch .stamp-built
++
++
++$(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h: .stamp-built
++
++	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)
++	
++	$(MAKE) \
++	  DESTDIR="$(INSTALL_DIR)" \
++	 install
++
++
++configure: .stamp-configured
++
++
++build: .stamp-built
++
++
++install: $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h
++
++
++package: $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h
++
++	mkdir -p $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr/lib
++	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libncurses*.so.* $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr/lib/
++	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpanel*.so.* $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr/lib/
++	$(STRIP) $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr/lib/*
++	
++	mkdir -p $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/include
++	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/curses.h $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/include/
++	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/include/
++	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/panel.h $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/include/
++	mkdir -p $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib
++	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libncurses.a $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib/
++	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpanel.a $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib/
++	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libncurses*.so* $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib/
++	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpanel*.so* $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib/
++	
++	mkdir -p $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/usr/share/terminfo
++	for f in a/ansi d/dumb l/linux s/screen v/vt100; do \
++	  mkdir -p $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/usr/share/terminfo/`dirname $${f}`; \
++	  cp -fpR \
++	    $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/terminfo/$${f} \
++	    $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/usr/share/terminfo/$${f}; \
++	done
++	
++	chmod 0755 ipkg/*/CONTROL/
++	chmod 0644 ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
++	
++	perl -pi -e "s/^Arch.*:.*/Architecture: $(TARGET_ARCH)/g" ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
++ifneq ($(strip $(PKG_VERSION)),)
++	perl -pi -e "s/^Vers.*:.*/Version: $(PKG_VERSION)/g" ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
++endif
++
++	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_LIBNCURSES) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
++	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_NCURSES_DEV) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
++	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_NCURSES_TERM) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
++
++
++clean:
++
++	-$(MAKE) \
++	  DESTDIR="$(INSTALL_DIR)" \
++	 uninstall clean
++	rm -rf .stamp-*
++	rm -rf $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr
++	rm -rf $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr
++	rm -rf $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/usr
++
++
++control:
++
++	@cat $(I_LIBNCURSES)/CONTROL/control
++	@echo
++	@cat $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/CONTROL/control
++	@echo
++	@cat $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/CONTROL/control
++	@echo
++	
++
++.PHONY: configure build install package clean control
+diff -ruN ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/version ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/version
+--- ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/version	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/version	2005-03-06 22:43:28.000000000 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++5.2-5
+diff -ruN ncurses-5.2-orig/ncurses/Makefile.in ncurses-5.2-5/ncurses/Makefile.in
+--- ncurses-5.2-orig/ncurses/Makefile.in	2000-10-15 00:55:35.000000000 +0200
++++ ncurses-5.2-5/ncurses/Makefile.in	2005-03-06 22:36:45.000000000 +0100
+@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
+ CCFLAGS		= $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+ 
+ HOSTCC		= @BUILD_CC@
+-HOSTCCFLAGS	= @CFLAGS@ $(CPPFLAGS)
++HOSTCCFLAGS	= $(CPPFLAGS)
+ HOSTLDFLAGS	= @LDFLAGS@ @LIBS@
+ 
+ CFLAGS_LIBTOOL	= $(CCFLAGS)