diff --git a/package/statserial/statserial-01-ncurses-link.patch b/package/statserial/statserial-01-ncurses-link.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1c41e673f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/statserial/statserial-01-ncurses-link.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Link to libncurses instead of the legacy libcurses.
+
+Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
+
+diff -Nura statserial-1.1.orig/Makefile statserial-1.1/Makefile
+--- statserial-1.1.orig/Makefile	2014-07-04 12:47:41.279440415 -0300
++++ statserial-1.1/Makefile	2014-07-04 12:47:47.948665740 -0300
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
+ LDFLAGS = -s -N
+ 
+ statserial:	statserial.o
+-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o statserial statserial.o -lcurses
++	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o statserial statserial.o -lncurses
+ 
+ statserial.o: statserial.c
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c statserial.c