diff --git a/lib/ncurses/config.mk b/lib/ncurses/config.mk
--- a/lib/ncurses/config.mk
+++ b/lib/ncurses/config.mk
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 		    -e 's%@NCURSES_MAJOR@%${NCURSES_MAJOR}%g' \
 		    -e 's%@NCURSES_MINOR@%${NCURSES_MINOR}%g' \
 		    -e 's%@NCURSES_PATCH@%${NCURSES_PATCH}%g' \
+		    -e 's%@TPUT@%tput%g' \
 		    -e 's%@TSET@%tset%g' \
 		    -e 's%@RESET@%reset%g' \
 		    -e 's%@CLEAR@%clear%g' \