diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
index ec265e63f2..8fff9a226f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ _install_cfgs = "\
   PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR='${libdir}/pkgconfig' \
 "
 
+TERMINFO_BASE = "alacritty ansi console dumb linux rxvt screen screen-256color sun \
+  tmux tmux-256color vt52 vt100 vt102 vt200 vt220 xterm-color xterm-xfree86 xterm-256color"
+
 do_install() {
         # Order of installation is important; widec installs a 'curses.h'
         # header with more definitions and must be installed last hence.
@@ -182,7 +185,7 @@ do_install() {
 
         # include some basic terminfo files
         # stolen ;) from gentoo and modified a bit
-        for x in alacritty ansi console dumb linux rxvt screen screen-256color sun tmux tmux-256color vt52 vt100 vt102 vt200 vt220 xterm-color xterm-xfree86 xterm-256color
+        for x in ${TERMINFO_BASE}
         do
                 local termfile="$(find "${D}${datadir}/terminfo/" -name "${x}" 2>/dev/null)"
                 local basedir="$(basename $(dirname "${termfile}"))"
@@ -309,6 +312,7 @@ FILES:${PN}-terminfo = "\
 
 FILES:${PN}-terminfo-base = "\
   ${sysconfdir}/terminfo \
+  ${@' '.join(map(lambda x: '${datadir}/terminfo/'+x[0]+'/'+x, '${TERMINFO_BASE}'.split()))} \
 "
 
 RSUGGESTS:${PN}-libtinfo = "${PN}-terminfo"