diff --git a/buildout/software-profiles/ncurses.cfg b/buildout/software-profiles/ncurses.cfg
index e8280cb8e29b013d618637fd000ee07848a1874d..6922e8697a44c840bc9a82ab7b975954c34be7f7 100644
--- a/buildout/software-profiles/ncurses.cfg
+++ b/buildout/software-profiles/ncurses.cfg
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ recipe = erp5.recipe.cmmisafe
 url = ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.7.tar.gz
 md5sum = cce05daf61a64501ef6cd8da1f727ec6
 configure-options =
-  --with-shared --with-normal --without-debug --enable-rpath
+  --with-shared
+  --with-normal
+  --without-debug
+  --enable-rpath
+  --enable-widec
diff --git a/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py b/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
index 19cf5360e26208769079323bffd209c24928ef46..120bc689362953e11b1865ca003bab9533c9502a 100644
--- a/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
+++ b/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class AssertMysql51(AssertSoftwareMixin):
 
   def test_ld_mysql(self):
     self.assertLibraryList('parts/mysql-5.1/bin/mysql', ['libc', 'libz', 'libcrypt', 'libgcc_s', 'libm',
-      'libmysqlclient', 'libncurses', 'libnsl', 'libpthread', 'libreadline',
+      'libmysqlclient', 'libncursesw', 'libnsl', 'libpthread', 'libreadline',
       'libstdc++'], ['ncurses', 'zlib', 'readline'],
                            [os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.curdir),
       'parts', 'mysql-5.1', 'lib', 'mysql')])