diff --git a/package/libs/ncurses/Makefile b/package/libs/ncurses/Makefile
index 7eded9690bb..01e721fcec3 100644
--- a/package/libs/ncurses/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/ncurses/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=ncurses
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gnu:ncurses
-PKG_VERSION:=6.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION_MAJOR:=6.4
+PKG_SNAPSHOT_DATE:=
+PKG_VERSION:=$(PKG_VERSION_MAJOR)$(if $(PKG_SNAPSHOT_DATE),.$(PKG_SNAPSHOT_DATE),)
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/$(PKG_NAME)
-PKG_HASH:=6931283d9ac87c5073f30b6290c4c75f21632bb4fc3603ac8100812bed248159
+PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/ThomasDickey/ncurses-snapshots.git
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=v$(subst .,_,$(PKG_VERSION))
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=378a3edb5c060342d7d9dbed28a524cca15cf1661fcc18930e831d5a2b4a0a91
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=README