diff --git a/ncurses/build.sh b/ncurses/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..61d4c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncurses/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This is a generic build.sh script
+# It can be used nearly unmodified with many packages
+# 
+# build.sh helper functions
+. ${BUILDPKG_BASE}/scripts/build.sh.functions
+#
+###########################################################
+# Check the following 4 variables before running the script
+topdir=ncurses
+version=5.6
+pkgver=1
+source[0]=$topdir-$version.tar.gz
+# If there are no patches, simply comment this
+#patch[0]=
+
+# Source function library
+. ${BUILDPKG_BASE}/scripts/buildpkg.functions
+
+# Global settings
+export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
+export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
+configure_args="$configure_args --with-shared --without-debug --with-install-prefix=${stagedir} --disable-rpath --enable-symlinks --with-manpage-format=normal --without-ada"
+
+reg prep
+prep()
+{
+    generic_prep
+}
+
+reg build
+build()
+{
+    generic_build
+}
+
+reg check
+check()
+{
+    generic_check
+}
+
+reg install
+install()
+{
+    generic_install DESTDIR
+    doc NEWS INSTALL TO-DO ANNOUNCE AUTHORS
+}
+
+reg pack
+pack()
+{
+    generic_pack
+}
+
+reg distclean
+distclean()
+{
+    clean distclean
+}
+
+###################################################
+# No need to look below here
+###################################################
+build_sh $*
diff --git a/ncurses/meta/depend b/ncurses/meta/depend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1969e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncurses/meta/depend
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TGCncursd ncurses auto
diff --git a/ncurses/meta/pkgdef b/ncurses/meta/pkgdef
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2d898b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncurses/meta/pkgdef
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+[ncurses]
+pkgname="${pkgprefix}ncurs"
+name="ncurses - New Curses terminal handling library"
+pkgcat="application"
+pkgvendor="http://dickey.his.com/ncurses/ncurses.html"
+shortdesc="Displays and updates text on text-only terminals"
+pkgver="$pkgver"
+files(-,root,bin)
+default_docs
+$_bindir/captoinfo
+$_bindir/clear
+$_bindir/infocmp
+$_bindir/infotocap
+$_bindir/reset
+$_bindir/tack
+$_bindir/tic
+$_bindir/toe
+$_bindir/tput
+$_bindir/tset
+$_sharedir/tabset
+$_sharedir/terminfo
+$_libdir/*.so.*
+$_libdir/terminfo
+$_mandir/man1
+$_mandir/man5
+$_mandir/man7
+
+[ncurses-devel]
+pkgname="${pkgprefix}ncursd"
+name="ncurses - Ncurses development support"
+pkgcat="system"
+pkgvendor="http://dickey.his.com/ncurses/ncurses.html"
+shortdesc="Files needed for developing with ncurses"
+pkgver="$pkgver"
+files(-,root,bin)
+$_bindir/ncurses5-config
+$_includedir
+$_libdir/*.so
+$_libdir/*.a
+$_mandir/man3
+
diff --git a/ncurses/meta/relnotes b/ncurses/meta/relnotes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd83629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncurses/meta/relnotes
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+PACKAGE DETAILS
+---------------
+Name:	    %%PKGNAME%%
+Version:    %%SOURCE_AND_VER%%
+Vendor:	    %%VENDOR%%
+Packager:   %%PKGEDBY%%
+
+Source (sha1sum):
+%%SOURCE_SHA1SUM%%
+
+BUILD DETAILS
+-------------
+Compiler:
+%%COMPILER%%
+
+Environment:
+%%ENVIRONMENT%%
+
+Configure:
+%%CONFIGURE%%
+
+KNOWN DEPENDENCIES
+------------------
+%%DEPENDENCIES%%
+
+ERRORS/MISCELLANEOUS
+--------------------