diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/02_build.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/02_build.sh
index f1bfef294..dfe151ca1 100755
--- a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/02_build.sh
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/02_build.sh
@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@ echo "Configuring Ncurses..."
 ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \
     --with-termlib \
-    --with-shared \
     --with-terminfo-dirs=/lib/terminfo \
     --with-default-terminfo-dirs=/lib/terminfo \
     --without-normal \
     --without-debug \
     --without-cxx-binding \
     --with-abi-version=5 \
+    --enable-widec \
+    --enable-pc-files \
+    --with-shared \
+    CPPFLAGS=-I$PWD/ncurses/widechar \
+    LDFLAGS=-L$PWD/lib \
     CFLAGS="-Os -s -fno-stack-protector -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE" \
     CPPFLAGS="-P"
 
@@ -47,6 +51,13 @@ make -j $NUM_JOBS
 echo "Installing ncurses..."
 make -j $NUM_JOBS install DESTDIR=$DESTDIR
 
+# Symnlink wide character libraries
+cd $DESTDIR/usr/lib
+ln -s libncursesw.so.5 libncurses.so.5
+ln -s libncurses.so.5 libncurses.so
+ln -s libtinfow.so.5 libtinfo.so.5
+ln -s libtinfo.so.5 libtinfo.so
+
 echo "Reducing ncurses size..."
 strip -g $DESTDIR/usr/bin/*
 
@@ -57,4 +68,3 @@ cp -r $DESTDIR/usr/* $ROOTFS
 echo "ncurses has been installed."
 
 cd $SRC_DIR
-