diff --git a/main/ncurses/APKBUILD b/main/ncurses/APKBUILD
index 604bd393776..541010af1c8 100644
--- a/main/ncurses/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/ncurses/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=ncurses
 pkgver=6.0_p20180121
 _ver=${pkgver%_p*}-${pkgver#*_p}
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Console display library"
 url="https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/"
 arch="all"
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ build() {
 		--without-tests \
 		--disable-termcap \
 		--disable-rpath-hack \
+		--disable-stripping \
 		--with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig \
 		--without-cxx-binding \
 		--with-terminfo-dirs="/etc/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo" \