diff --git a/3rdparty/ext_ncurses/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/ext_ncurses/CMakeLists.txt
index a72272563..80745ddd2 100644
--- a/3rdparty/ext_ncurses/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/ext_ncurses/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 set(PREFIX_ext_ncurses "${EXTPREFIX}")
 
 ExternalProject_Add(
   ext_ncurses
   DOWNLOAD_DIR ${EXTERNALS_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
   URL https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.1.tar.gz
   URL_MD5 98c889aaf8d23910d2b92d65be2e737a
 
   INSTALL_DIR ${PREFIX_ext_ncurses}
-  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./configure --prefix=${PREFIX_ext_ncurses} --enable-overwrite --enable-pc-files --without-tests --with-shared --with-cxx-shared --without-ada
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./configure --prefix=${PREFIX_ext_ncurses} --enable-overwrite --enable-pc-files --without-tests --with-shared --with-cxx-shared --without-ada --with-pkg-config-libdir=${INSTALL_ROOT}/lib/pkgconfig
   BUILD_COMMAND ${MAKE_EXE}
   INSTALL_COMMAND ${MAKE_EXE} install
 
   UPDATE_COMMAND ""
   BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
 )