diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses_6.3.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses_6.3.bb
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@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require ncurses.inc
+
+SRC_URI += "file://0001-tic-hang.patch \
+           file://0002-configure-reproducible.patch \
+           file://0003-gen-pkgconfig.in-Do-not-include-LDFLAGS-in-generated.patch \
+           "
+# commit id corresponds to the revision in package version
+SRCREV = "51d0fd9cc3edb975f04224f29f777f8f448e8ced"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-abi-version=5"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)$"
+
+# This is needed when using patchlevel versions like 6.1+20181013
+#CVE_VERSION = "${@d.getVar("PV").split('+')[0]}.${@d.getVar("PV").split('+')[1]}"