diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
index d6c2ee4fade..19b1b5fe33b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ln -svf $cfg $out/bin/ncurses-config
 
     # Allow for end users who #include <ncurses?w/*.h>
+    mv "$out"/include/ncursesw/* "$out"/include/
+    rmdir "$out"/include/ncursesw
     ln -svf . $out/include/ncursesw
     ln -svf . $out/include/ncurses
 
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ln -svf $cfg $out/bin/ncurses-config
 
     # Allow for end users who #include <ncurses/*.h>
+    mv "$out"/include/ncurses/* "$out"/include/
+    rmdir "$out"/include/ncurses
     ln -svf . $out/include/ncurses
 
     # Create curses compatability