diff --git a/meta/packages/ncurses/site_config/headers b/meta/packages/ncurses/site_config/headers
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..087b7bfd5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/ncurses/site_config/headers
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+curses.h
+ncurses/curses.h
+ncurses.h
+ncurses/termcap.h
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
index 259750cb46..2104467665 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
@@ -97,3 +97,5 @@ pkg_prerm_ncurses-tools () {
 }
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+
+inherit siteconfig