diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/google-musicmanager/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/google-musicmanager/default.nix
index 48f17564ef42..8127579f0229 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/google-musicmanager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/google-musicmanager/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildPhase = ''
     patchelf \
       --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-      --set-rpath "$out/opt/google/musicmanager:${readline}/lib:${ncurses}/lib:${stdenv.cc.libc.out}/lib:${qt48}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc}/lib:${libidn}/lib:${expat}/lib:${flac}/lib:${libvorbis}/lib" opt/google/musicmanager/MusicManager
+      --set-rpath "$out/opt/google/musicmanager:${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ readline ncurses stdenv.cc.libc.out qt48 stdenv.cc.cc libidn expat flac libvorbis ]}" opt/google/musicmanager/MusicManager
   '';
 
   dontPatchELF = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.3.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.3.nix
index 191969eef5b0..edf8a28d6ff4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.3.nix
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # Further, we need to make sure that the -L option occurs before mention
     # of the library, so that it finds it within the Nix store.
     sed -i 's/tinfo ncurses/tinfo ncursesw/' configure
-    ncurseslib=$(echo ${ncurses}/lib | sed 's#/#\\/#g')
+    ncurseslib=$(echo ${ncurses.lib}/lib | sed 's#/#\\/#g')
     sed -i "s/OLIBS=\$LIBS/OLIBS=\"-L$ncurseslib \$LIBS\"/" configure
     sed -i 's/LIBS="\$LIBS_TERMCAP \$LIBS"/LIBS="\$LIBS \$LIBS_TERMCAP"/' configure
 
     configureFlagsArray=(
-      LDFLAGS=-L${ncurses}/lib
+      LDFLAGS=-L${ncurses.lib}/lib
       --with-xml2=yes
       --with-gnutls=yes
       --with-mac
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     )
     makeFlagsArray=(
       CFLAGS=-O3
-      LDFLAGS="-O3 -L${ncurses}/lib"
+      LDFLAGS="-O3 -L${ncurses.lib}/lib"
     );
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/heme/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/heme/default.nix
index d377e5cb36f6..19c4183ea672 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/heme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/heme/default.nix
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace Makefile \
       --replace "/usr/local" "$out" \
-      --replace "CFLAGS = " "CFLAGS = -I${ncurses}/include " \
-      --replace "LDFLAGS = " "LDFLAGS = -L${ncurses}/lib " \
+      --replace "CFLAGS = " "CFLAGS = -I${ncurses.dev}/include " \
+      --replace "LDFLAGS = " "LDFLAGS = -L${ncurses.lib}/lib " \
       --replace "-lcurses" "-lncurses"
   '';
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
   preBuild = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     mkdir -p $out/man/man1
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
index e91e94695f5a..7bb5fb7ddcc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gtk gettext ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ]
-    ++ optional withBuildColors "TPUT=${ncurses}/bin/tput"
+    ++ optional withBuildColors "TPUT=${ncurses.dev}/bin/tput"
     ++ optional (!withBuildColors) "TPUT_AVAILABLE=0"
     ;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pinfo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pinfo/default.nix
index 658ff410d379..222dddc0e897 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pinfo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pinfo/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook gettext texinfo ncurses readline ];
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-curses=${ncurses}" "--with-readline=${readline}" ];
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-curses=${ncurses.dev}" "--with-readline=${readline}" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A viewer for info files";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
index cab6423b77e5..92892b54845c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "PREFIX=$(out)"
     "RSTTOMAN=${docutils}/bin/rst2man.py"
     "VERBOSE=1"
-    "TPUT=${ncurses}/bin/tput"
+    "TPUT=${ncurses.dev}/bin/tput"
   ];
 
   postInstall = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/saw-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/saw-tools/default.nix
index eebe6ff0a06c..97a06bf093d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/saw-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/saw-tools/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mv doc $out/share
 
     # Hack around lack of libtinfo in NixOS
-    ln -s ${ncurses}/lib/libncursesw.so.5       $out/lib/libtinfo.so.5
+    ln -s ${ncurses.lib}/lib/libncursesw.so.5       $out/lib/libtinfo.so.5
     ln -s ${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib/libpthread.so.0 $out/lib/libpthread.so.0
 
     # Add a clang symlink for easy building with a suitable compiler.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/generic.nix
index 71c26c5f99c9..5f4147ea2cfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/generic.nix
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         --replace /usr/bin/pkill ${procps}/bin/pkill
 
       substituteInPlace tools/xenstat/Makefile \
-        --replace /usr/include/curses.h ${ncurses}/include/curses.h
+        --replace /usr/include/curses.h ${ncurses.dev}/include/curses.h
 
       substituteInPlace tools/qemu-xen-traditional/xen-hooks.mak \
         --replace /usr/include/pci ${pciutils}/include/pci
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/vte/2.90.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/vte/2.90.nix
index 5ccca36bcaad..663d6b9e3524 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/vte/2.90.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/vte/2.90.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   postInstall = ''
-    substituteInPlace $out/lib/libvte2_90.la --replace "-lncurses" "-L${ncurses}/lib -lncurses"
+    substituteInPlace $out/lib/libvte2_90.la --replace "-lncurses" "-L${ncurses.lib}/lib -lncurses"
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/vte/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/vte/default.nix
index 89a1405f62b7..2f0062101f2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/vte/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/vte/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   postInstall = ''
-    substituteInPlace $out/lib/libvte2_90.la --replace "-lncurses" "-L${ncurses}/lib -lncurses"
+    substituteInPlace $out/lib/libvte2_90.la --replace "-lncurses" "-L${ncurses.lib}/lib -lncurses"
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/vte/2.90.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/vte/2.90.nix
index 5ccca36bcaad..663d6b9e3524 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/vte/2.90.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/vte/2.90.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   postInstall = ''
-    substituteInPlace $out/lib/libvte2_90.la --replace "-lncurses" "-L${ncurses}/lib -lncurses"
+    substituteInPlace $out/lib/libvte2_90.la --replace "-lncurses" "-L${ncurses.lib}/lib -lncurses"
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/vte/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/vte/default.nix
index b47381cf61b8..e1e260f1e021 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/vte/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/vte/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   postInstall = ''
-    substituteInPlace $out/lib/libvte2_90.la --replace "-lncurses" "-L${ncurses}/lib -lncurses"
+    substituteInPlace $out/lib/libvte2_90.la --replace "-lncurses" "-L${ncurses.lib}/lib -lncurses"
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-arm-embedded/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-arm-embedded/default.nix
index 1d192fbbc56a..cfd6ecd713da 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-arm-embedded/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-arm-embedded/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     for f in $(find $out); do
       if [ -f "$f" ] && patchelf "$f" 2> /dev/null; then
         patchelf --set-interpreter ${glibc.out}/lib/ld-linux.so.2 \
-                 --set-rpath $out/lib:${gcc}/lib:${ncurses}/lib \
+                 --set-rpath $out/lib:${gcc.lib}/lib:${ncurses.lib}/lib \
                  "$f" || true
       fi
     done
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/6.10.2-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/6.10.2-binary.nix
index 96ec4e6c114a..cafbe0e5a6cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/6.10.2-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/6.10.2-binary.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (if stdenv.isLinux then ''
       find . -type f -perm -0100 \
           -exec patchelf --interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-          --set-rpath "${libedit}/lib:${ncurses}/lib:${gmp}/lib" {} \;
+          --set-rpath "${libedit}/lib:${ncurses.lib}/lib:${gmp}/lib" {} \;
       for prog in ld ar gcc strip ranlib; do
         find . -name "setup-config" -exec sed -i "s@/usr/bin/$prog@$(type -p $prog)@g" {} \;
       done
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/6.12.3.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/6.12.3.nix
index f6beaf3a0067..1fa10f3ed078 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/6.12.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/6.12.3.nix
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildMK = ''
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-includes="${gmp}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses}/lib"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses.dev}/include"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses.lib}/lib"
   '';
 
   preConfigure = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4-binary.nix
index 31df7f1fa355..73a589f44ba6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4-binary.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
       find . -type f -perm -0100 \
           -exec patchelf --interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-          --set-rpath "${ncurses}/lib:${gmp}/lib" {} \;
+          --set-rpath "${ncurses.lib}/lib:${gmp}/lib" {} \;
       sed -i "s|/usr/bin/perl|perl\x00        |" ghc-${version}/ghc/stage2/build/tmp/ghc-stage2
       sed -i "s|/usr/bin/gcc|gcc\x00        |" ghc-${version}/ghc/stage2/build/tmp/ghc-stage2
       for prog in ld ar gcc strip ranlib; do
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4.nix
index 281e5ca66a2c..46605daee93d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildMK = ''
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-includes="${gmp}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses}/lib"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses.dev}/include"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses.lib}/lib"
     ${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
       libraries/base_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-iconv-includes="${libiconv}/include"
       libraries/base_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-iconv-libraries="${libiconv}/lib"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.2.nix
index 73fcd788c74f..3dfd94eea7d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.2.nix
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ let
   buildMK = ''
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-includes="${gmp}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses}/lib"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses.dev}/include"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses.lib}/lib"
     ${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
       libraries/base_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-iconv-includes="${libiconv}/include"
       libraries/base_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-iconv-libraries="${libiconv}/lib"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.2.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.2.2.nix
index 7276f413967f..f8459cd2a13b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.2.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.2.2.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildMK = ''
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-includes="${gmp}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses}/lib"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses.dev}/include"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses.lib}/lib"
     ${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
       libraries/base_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-iconv-includes="${libiconv}/include"
       libraries/base_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-iconv-libraries="${libiconv}/lib"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2-binary.nix
index 03dd4dcd35bb..a57aff4d864f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2-binary.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # find editline/gmp.
     stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
       mkdir -p "$out/lib"
-      ln -sv "${ncurses}/lib/libncurses.so" "$out/lib/libncurses${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.is64bit "w"}.so.5"
+      ln -sv "${ncurses.lib}/lib/libncurses.so" "$out/lib/libncurses${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.is64bit "w"}.so.5"
       find . -type f -perm -0100 \
           -exec patchelf --interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
           --set-rpath "$out/lib:${gmp}/lib" {} \;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2.nix
index b2abcb08ec3a..68bc922e1767 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildMK = ''
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-includes="${gmp}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses}/lib"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses.dev}/include"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses.lib}/lib"
     ${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
       libraries/base_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-iconv-includes="${libiconv}/include"
       libraries/base_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-iconv-libraries="${libiconv}/lib"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.3.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.3.nix
index 366c0044a67a..d14ecc32b8b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.3.nix
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildMK = ''
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-includes="${gmp}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses}/lib"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses.dev}/include"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses.lib}/lib"
     ${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
       libraries/base_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-iconv-includes="${libiconv}/include"
       libraries/base_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-iconv-libraries="${libiconv}/lib"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.8.3.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.8.3.nix
index 2e0f5ba07e4d..3cbc04f6d7f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.8.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.8.3.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildMK = ''
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-includes="${gmp}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses}/lib"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses.dev}/include"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses.lib}/lib"
     DYNAMIC_BY_DEFAULT = NO
     ${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
       libraries/base_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-iconv-includes="${libiconv}/include"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.8.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.8.4.nix
index 4323341dc4a4..3ceea24b3dba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.8.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.8.4.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   buildMK = ''
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-includes="${gmp}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses}/lib"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses.dev}/include"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses.lib}/lib"
     DYNAMIC_BY_DEFAULT = NO
     ${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
       libraries/base_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-iconv-includes="${libiconv}/include"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
index fe0d0b37371e..adff7f12a3c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ let
   buildMK = ''
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-includes="${gmp}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses}/lib"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses.dev}/include"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses.lib}/lib"
     DYNAMIC_BY_DEFAULT = NO
     ${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
       libraries/base_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-iconv-includes="${libiconv}/include"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/nokinds.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/nokinds.nix
index 6334759496f0..09dac0e95115 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/nokinds.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/nokinds.nix
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ let
   buildMK = ''
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-includes="${gmp}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses}/include"
-    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses}/lib"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-includes="${ncurses.dev}/include"
+    libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries="${ncurses.lib}/lib"
     DYNAMIC_BY_DEFAULT = NO
     SRC_HC_OPTS        = -H64m -O -fasm
     GhcLibHcOpts       = -O -dcore-lint
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/mentor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/mentor/default.nix
index 7ff013b23441..573bf8210319 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/mentor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/mentor/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ let
 
             # GDB needs ncurses
             case "$file" in
-              *gdb) patchelf --set-rpath "${ncurses}/lib" "$file";;
+              *gdb) patchelf --set-rpath "${ncurses.lib}/lib" "$file";;
             esac
         done
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/pypy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/pypy/default.nix
index fe209f6f1148..4f26a40b0ce7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/pypy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/pypy/default.nix
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ let
 
       # hint pypy to find nix ncurses
       substituteInPlace pypy/module/_minimal_curses/fficurses.py \
-        --replace "/usr/include/ncurses/curses.h" "${ncurses}/include/curses.h" \
-        --replace "ncurses/curses.h" "${ncurses}/include/curses.h" \
-        --replace "ncurses/term.h" "${ncurses}/include/term.h" \
+        --replace "/usr/include/ncurses/curses.h" "${ncurses.dev}/include/curses.h" \
+        --replace "ncurses/curses.h" "${ncurses.dev}/include/curses.h" \
+        --replace "ncurses/term.h" "${ncurses.dev}/include/term.h" \
         --replace "libraries=['curses']" "libraries=['ncurses']"
 
       # tkinter hints
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ let
 
     doCheck = true;
     checkPhase = ''
-       export TERMINFO="${ncurses}/share/terminfo/";
+       export TERMINFO="${ncurses.out}/share/terminfo/";
        export TERM="xterm";
        export HOME="$TMPDIR";
        # disable shutils because it assumes gid 0 exists
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/bundler-env/default-gem-config.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/bundler-env/default-gem-config.nix
index c91c6da28d9f..cbb64bc12774 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/bundler-env/default-gem-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/bundler-env/default-gem-config.nix
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ in
   ncursesw = attrs: {
     buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
     buildFlags = [
-      "--with-cflags=-I${ncurses}/include"
-      "--with-ldflags=-L${ncurses}/lib"
+      "--with-cflags=-I${ncurses.dev}/include"
+      "--with-ldflags=-L${ncurses.lib}/lib"
     ];
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix
index dc8ecf7e95d8..23b26e343db6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
     find $out/lib -type f | grep '\.\(la\|pc\)''$' | xargs sed -i \
-      -e 's,-lncurses[a-z]*,-L${ncurses}/lib -lncursesw,g'
+      -e 's,-lncurses[a-z]*,-L${ncurses.lib}/lib -lncursesw,g'
   '';
 
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-widec" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
index 046c7347f863..04fa1d4b81b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [ ./clang.patch ];
 
+  outputs = [ "dev" "lib" "out" ];
+  setOutputFlags = false; # some aren't supported
+
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-shared"
     "--with-cxx-shared"
@@ -24,14 +27,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--enable-overwrite"  # Needed for proper header installation
     "--enable-pc-files"
     "--enable-symlinks"
+    "--libdir=$(lib)/lib" "--includedir=$(dev)/include" "--bindir=$(dev)/bin"
   ] ++ lib.optional unicode "--enable-widec";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig libtool ];
   buildInputs = lib.optional (mouseSupport && stdenv.isLinux) gpm;
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    configureFlagsArray+=("--includedir=$out/include")
-    export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$out/lib/pkgconfig"
+    export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$dev/lib/pkgconfig"
     mkdir -p "$PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR"
     configureFlagsArray+=("--with-pkg-config-libdir=$PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR")
   '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isCygwin ''
@@ -47,37 +50,37 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # When building a wide-character (Unicode) build, create backward
   # compatibility links from the the "normal" libraries to the
   # wide-character libraries (e.g. libncurses.so to libncursesw.so).
-  postInstall = ''
+  postFixup = ''
     # Determine what suffixes our libraries have
     suffix="$(awk -F': ' 'f{print $3; f=0} /default library suffix/{f=1}' config.log)"
-    libs="$(ls $out/lib/pkgconfig | tr ' ' '\n' | sed "s,\(.*\)$suffix\.pc,\1,g")"
+    libs="$(ls $dev/lib/pkgconfig | tr ' ' '\n' | sed "s,\(.*\)$suffix\.pc,\1,g")"
     suffixes="$(echo "$suffix" | awk '{for (i=1; i < length($0); i++) {x=substr($0, i+1, length($0)-i); print x}}')"
 
     # Get the path to the config util
-    cfg=$(basename $out/bin/ncurses*-config)
+    cfg=$(basename $dev/bin/ncurses*-config)
 
     # symlink the full suffixed include directory
-    ln -svf . $out/include/ncurses$suffix
+    ln -svf . $dev/include/ncurses$suffix
 
     for newsuffix in $suffixes ""; do
       # Create a non-abi versioned config util links
-      ln -svf $cfg $out/bin/ncurses$newsuffix-config
+      ln -svf $cfg $dev/bin/ncurses$newsuffix-config
 
       # Allow for end users who #include <ncurses?w/*.h>
-      ln -svf . $out/include/ncurses$newsuffix
+      ln -svf . $dev/include/ncurses$newsuffix
 
-      for lib in $libs; do
+      for library in $libs; do
         for dylibtype in so dll dylib; do
-          if [ -e "$out/lib/lib''${lib}$suffix.$dylibtype" ]; then
-            ln -svf lib''${lib}$suffix.$dylibtype $out/lib/lib$lib$newsuffix.$dylibtype
+          if [ -e "$lib/lib/lib''${library}$suffix.$dylibtype" ]; then
+            ln -svf lib''${library}$suffix.$dylibtype $lib/lib/lib$library$newsuffix.$dylibtype
           fi
         done
         for statictype in a dll.a la; do
-          if [ -e "$out/lib/lib''${lib}$suffix.$statictype" ]; then
-            ln -svf lib''${lib}$suffix.$statictype $out/lib/lib$lib$newsuffix.$statictype
+          if [ -e "$lib/lib/lib''${library}$suffix.$statictype" ]; then
+            ln -svf lib''${library}$suffix.$statictype $lib/lib/lib$library$newsuffix.$statictype
           fi
         done
-        ln -svf ''${lib}$suffix.pc $out/lib/pkgconfig/$lib$newsuffix.pc
+        ln -svf ''${library}$suffix.pc $dev/lib/pkgconfig/$library$newsuffix.pc
       done
     done
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/slang/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/slang/default.nix
index bf1f38fbb83d..8aeb19ac2e35 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/slang/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/slang/default.nix
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # Fix some wrong hardcoded paths
   preConfigure = ''
-    sed -i -e "s|/usr/lib/terminfo|${ncurses}/lib/terminfo|" configure
-    sed -i -e "s|/usr/lib/terminfo|${ncurses}/lib/terminfo|" src/sltermin.c
+    sed -i -e "s|/usr/lib/terminfo|${ncurses.out}/lib/terminfo|" configure
+    sed -i -e "s|/usr/lib/terminfo|${ncurses.out}/lib/terminfo|" src/sltermin.c
     sed -i -e "s|/bin/ln|ln|" src/Makefile.in
+    sed -i -e "s|-ltermcap|-lncurses|" ./configure
   '';
   configureFlags = "--with-png=${libpng} --with-z=${zlib} --with-pcre=${pcre} --with-readline=${readline}";
   buildInputs = [ncurses pcre libpng zlib readline];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk.nix
index 03d7cae1a9db..3ffc4dab145c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         \( -type f -a -name "*.so*" \) -o \
         \( -type f -a -perm -0100 \) \
         \) -exec patchelf --set-interpreter ${stdenv.cc.libc.out}/lib/ld-*so.? \
-                          --set-rpath ${zlib}/lib:${ncurses}/lib {} \;
+                          --set-rpath ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ zlib ncurses ]} {} \;
     # fix ineffective PROGDIR / MYNDKDIR determination
     for i in ndk-build ndk-gdb ndk-gdb-py
     do
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/drush/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/drush/default.nix
index cb534d511eaf..0751f51281de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/drush/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/drush/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mkdir -p "$out"
     cp -r . "$out/src"
     mkdir "$out/bin"
-    wrapProgram "$out/src/drush" --prefix PATH : "${which}/bin:${php}/bin:${bash}/bin:${coreutils}/bin:${ncurses}/bin"
+    wrapProgram "$out/src/drush" --prefix PATH : "${which}/bin:${php}/bin:${bash}/bin:${coreutils}/bin:${ncurses.dev}/bin"
     ln -s "$out/src/drush" "$out/bin/drush"
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/global/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/global/default.nix
index 63b29fccd527..741b494ec398 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/global/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/global/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-ltdl-include=${libtool}/include"
-    "--with-ltdl-lib=${libtool}/lib"
+    "--with-ltdl-lib=${libtool.lib}/lib"
     "--with-ncurses=${ncurses}"
     "--with-sqlite3=${sqlite}"
     "--with-exuberant-ctags=${ctags}/bin/ctags"
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/entr/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/entr/default.nix
index 8770a5858875..ae402e35c2eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/entr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/entr/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace Makefile.bsd --replace /bin/echo echo
     substituteInPlace entr.c --replace /bin/cat ${coreutils}/bin/cat
-    substituteInPlace entr.c --replace /usr/bin/clear ${ncurses}/bin/clear
+    substituteInPlace entr.c --replace /usr/bin/clear ${ncurses.dev}/bin/clear
     substituteInPlace entr.1 --replace /bin/cat cat
     substituteInPlace entr.1 --replace /usr/bin/clear clear
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/inetutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/inetutils/default.nix
index eca416b53d4e..a92c34328579 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/inetutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/inetutils/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ ncurses /* for `talk' */ ];
 
-  configureFlags = "--with-ncurses-include-dir=${ncurses}/include";
+  configureFlags = "--with-ncurses-include-dir=${ncurses.dev}/include";
 
   # Test fails with "UNIX socket name too long", probably because our
   # $TMPDIR is too long.
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/tor/tor-arm.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/tor/tor-arm.nix
index 6c4d61d825f9..365379c8f6a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/tor/tor-arm.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/tor/tor-arm.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     for i in $(cd $out/bin && ls); do
       wrapProgram $out/bin/$i \
         --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$(toPythonPath $out):$(toPythonPath ${pythonPackages.curses}):$out/libexec:$PYTHONPATH" \
-        --set TERMINFO "${ncurses}/share/terminfo" \
+        --set TERMINFO "${ncurses.out}/share/terminfo" \
         --set TERM     "xterm"
     done
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index cdebdf5b4317..ecd5f8d93cf2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -10448,7 +10448,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     preConfigure =
       ''
         substituteInPlace Makefile.PL --replace '$Config{libpth}' \
-          "'${pkgs.ncurses}/lib'"
+          "'${pkgs.ncurses.lib}/lib'"
       '';
 
     # Tests don't work because they require /dev/tty.