diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/bwm-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/bwm-ng/default.nix
index 97f0d1823af2..cfe0d4176a6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/bwm-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/bwm-ng/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , stdenv
 , autoreconfHook
 , fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
 , ncurses
 }:
 
@@ -14,6 +15,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0ikzyvnb73msm9n7ripg1dsw9av1i0c7q2hi2173xsj8zyv559f1";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Pull upstream fix for ncurses-6.3 support.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name  = "ncurses-6.3.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/vgropp/bwm-ng/commit/6a2087db6cc7ac5b5f667fcd17c262c079e8dcf2.patch";
+      sha256 = "1l5dii9d52v0x0sq458ybw7m9p8aan2vl94gwx5s8mgxsnbcmzzx";
+      # accidentally committed changes
+      excludes = [ "config.h.in~" "configure.in" "configure~" ];
+     })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
   ];