diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index 421d85522e..72a8030436 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ define NCURSES_PATCH_NCURSES_CONFIG
 		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/ncurses5-config
 endef
 
-NCURSES_POST_STAGING_INSTALL_HOOKS += NCURSES_PATCH_NCURSES_CONFIG
+NCURSES_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += NCURSES_PATCH_NCURSES_CONFIG
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_HAVE_DEVFILES),y)
 define NCURSES_INSTALL_TARGET_DEVFILES