diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libtinfo/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libtinfo/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa4652da0ab6
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+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libtinfo/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  ncurses,
+}:
+
+ncurses.override {
+  unicodeSupport = false;
+  withTermlib = true;
+}