diff --git a/package/slang/slang.hash b/package/slang/slang.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..000ac11e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/slang/slang.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From http://www.jedsoft.org/releases/slang/
+sha1	c3270b58a58e6cbfd47f0a6e3d2194dd9e7c7d14	slang-2.3.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/slang/slang.mk b/package/slang/slang.mk
index 6962e77594..15b65b3634 100644
--- a/package/slang/slang.mk
+++ b/package/slang/slang.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ SLANG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 SLANG_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 SLANG_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
 
+# Racy and we don't have/do libtermcap
+define SLANG_DISABLE_TERMCAP
+	$(SED) '/^TERMCAP=/s:=.*:=:' $(@D)/configure
+endef
+SLANG_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += SLANG_DISABLE_TERMCAP
+
 # Absolute path hell, sigh...
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG),y)
 	SLANG_CONF_OPTS += --with-png=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr