diff --git a/package/ncurses/Makefile b/package/ncurses/Makefile
index cdcf9feb6..4e0f9ba0b 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/Makefile
+++ b/package/ncurses/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/package/rules.mk
 
 $(eval $(call PKG_template,LIBNCURSES,libncurses,$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE),$(ARCH)))
 
-$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.prepared
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.prepared
+	touch $@
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured
 	rm -rf $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)
 	mkdir -p $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)
 	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); rm -rf config.{cache,status} ; \