diff --git a/config/artifact/ncurses.yml b/config/artifact/ncurses.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52c8f59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/artifact/ncurses.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+ncurses:
+  binary: hosted
+  metadata:
+    license-files:
+      - COPYING
+  source:
+    type: filelist
+    url: 'https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/'
+    regex: '/href="(?<file>ncurses-(?<version>[^"]+)\.tar\.gz)"/'
diff --git a/config/pkg/lib/ncurses.yml b/config/pkg/lib/ncurses.yml
index cbc1ba67..6ce20f91 100644
--- a/config/pkg/lib/ncurses.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/lib/ncurses.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 ncurses:
   type: library
-  artifact:
-    source:
-      type: filelist
-      url: 'https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/'
-      regex: '/href="(?<file>ncurses-(?<version>[^"]+)\.tar\.gz)"/'
-    binary: hosted
-    metadata:
-      license-files: [COPYING]
+  artifact: ncurses
   static-libs@unix:
     - libncurses.a
+ncursesw:
+  type: library
+  artifact: ncurses
+  static-libs@unix:
+    - libncursesw.a
diff --git a/src/Package/Library/ncurses.php b/src/Package/Library/ncurses.php
index c7c39dc1..dd591a6f 100644
--- a/src/Package/Library/ncurses.php
+++ b/src/Package/Library/ncurses.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use StaticPHP\Util\DirDiff;
 use StaticPHP\Util\FileSystem;
 
 #[Library('ncurses')]
+#[Library('ncursesw')]
 class ncurses
 {
     #[BuildFor('Darwin')]
@@ -21,37 +22,48 @@ class ncurses
     {
         $dirdiff = new DirDiff(BUILD_BIN_PATH);
 
-        UnixAutoconfExecutor::create($package)
+        $ac = UnixAutoconfExecutor::create($package)
             ->appendEnv([
                 'LDFLAGS' => $toolchain->isStatic() ? '-static' : '',
-            ])
-            ->configure(
-                '--enable-overwrite',
-                '--with-curses-h',
-                '--enable-pc-files',
-                '--enable-echo',
-                '--disable-widec',
-                '--with-normal',
-                '--with-ticlib',
-                '--without-tests',
-                '--without-dlsym',
-                '--without-debug',
-                '--enable-symlinks',
-                "--bindir={$package->getBinDir()}",
-                "--includedir={$package->getIncludeDir()}",
-                "--libdir={$package->getLibDir()}",
-                "--prefix={$package->getBuildRootPath()}",
-            )
+            ]);
+        $wide = $package->getName() === 'ncurses' ? ['--disable-widec'] : [];
+        // Include standard system terminfo paths as fallback so binaries linking this ncurses
+        // (e.g. htop) can find terminfo on any target system without needing TERMINFO_DIRS set.
+        $terminfo_dirs = implode(':', [
+            "{$package->getBuildRootPath()}/share/terminfo",
+            '/etc/terminfo',
+            '/lib/terminfo',
+            '/usr/share/terminfo',
+        ]);
+        $ac->configure(
+            '--enable-overwrite',
+            '--with-curses-h',
+            '--enable-pc-files',
+            '--enable-echo',
+            '--with-normal',
+            '--with-ticlib',
+            '--without-tests',
+            '--without-dlsym',
+            '--without-debug',
+            '--enable-symlinks',
+            "--with-terminfo-dirs={$terminfo_dirs}",
+            "--bindir={$package->getBinDir()}",
+            "--includedir={$package->getIncludeDir()}",
+            "--libdir={$package->getLibDir()}",
+            "--prefix={$package->getBuildRootPath()}",
+            ...$wide,
+        )
             ->make();
         $new_files = $dirdiff->getIncrementFiles(true);
         foreach ($new_files as $file) {
             @unlink(BUILD_BIN_PATH . '/' . $file);
         }
 
-        shell()->cd(BUILD_ROOT_PATH)->exec('rm -rf share/terminfo');
-        shell()->cd(BUILD_ROOT_PATH)->exec('rm -rf lib/terminfo');
+        // shell()->cd(BUILD_ROOT_PATH)->exec('rm -rf share/terminfo');
+        // shell()->cd(BUILD_ROOT_PATH)->exec('rm -rf lib/terminfo');
 
-        $pkgconf_list = ['form.pc', 'menu.pc', 'ncurses++.pc', 'ncurses.pc', 'panel.pc', 'tic.pc'];
+        $suffix = $package->getName() === 'ncursesw' ? 'w' : '';
+        $pkgconf_list = ["form{$suffix}.pc", "menu{$suffix}.pc", "ncurses++{$suffix}.pc", "ncurses{$suffix}.pc", "panel{$suffix}.pc", "tic{$suffix}.pc"];
         $package->patchPkgconfPrefix($pkgconf_list);
 
         foreach ($pkgconf_list as $pkgconf) {