diff --git a/pkg/kamailio/deb/debian/backports/sid b/pkg/kamailio/deb/debian/backports/sid
index e2a95b425e7..deb134222af 100755
--- a/pkg/kamailio/deb/debian/backports/sid
+++ b/pkg/kamailio/deb/debian/backports/sid
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ sed -i -e '/^EXCLUDED_MODULES=/s/$/ python/' ${DIST}/rules
 # no lsb-base
 sed -i -e '/lsb-base/d' ${DIST}/control
 
+# libncurses
+sed -i -e 's/libncurses5-dev/libncurses-dev/g' ${DIST}/control
+
 wrap-and-sort -sat -d ${DIST}
 
 # clean backports scripts
diff --git a/pkg/kamailio/deb/sid/control b/pkg/kamailio/deb/sid/control
index 03d5b0c67f7..2e639b2c269 100644
--- a/pkg/kamailio/deb/sid/control
+++ b/pkg/kamailio/deb/sid/control
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  libmongoc-dev,
  libmono-2.0-dev,
  libmosquitto-dev,
- libncurses5-dev,
+ libncurses-dev,
  libpcre3-dev,
  libperl-dev,
  libphonenumber-dev (>= 7),