diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index d8ad9dd6b6..94c8c9ade3 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ NCURSES_TERMINFO_FILES = \
 	p/putty \
 	p/putty-vt100 \
 	s/screen \
+	s/screen-256color \
 	v/vt100 \
 	v/vt100-putty \
 	v/vt102 \