diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index edc9af6..d21d16d 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ fi;
 : ${PKG_MC_SHA256SUM:=eb9e56bbb5b2893601d100d0e0293983049b302c5ab61bfb544ad0ee2cc1f2df};
 : ${PKG_MC_VERSION:=4.8.19};
 : ${PKG_MC_URL:=http://ftp.midnight-commander.org/mc-${PKG_MC_VERSION}.tar.xz};
-: ${PKG_MC_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA:="-I${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include -I${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include/ncursesw"};
+: ${PKG_MC_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA:="-DNCURSES_INTERNALS -I${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include -I${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include/ncursesw"};
 : ${PKG_MC_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--with-screen=ncurses --x-includes=${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include/X11 --x-libraries=${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lib"};
 : ${PKG_MC_LDFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:=-ltinfo};
 : ${PKG_NANO_SHA256SUM:=63b6dd621e3e21bb130ca931d761f84b48d974a7b5b4d489189c2df354ca2b4a};