diff --git a/xbsql-0.11-ncurses64.patch b/xbsql-0.11-ncurses64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c04d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xbsql-0.11-ncurses64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- xbsql-0.11/configure.BAD	2005-08-18 10:34:49.000000000 -0500
++++ xbsql-0.11/configure	2005-08-18 10:36:22.000000000 -0500
+@@ -6977,10 +6977,15 @@
+ 	if      test -f /usr/lib/libncurses.so
+ 	then
+ 		curses=ncurses
+-
++	elif    test -f /usr/lib64/libncurses.so
++	then
++		curses=ncurses
+ 	elif    test -f /usr/lib/libcurses.so
+ 	then
+ 		curses=curses
++	elif    test -f /usr/lib64/libcurses.so
++	then
++		curses=curses
+ 	else
+ 		{ { echo "$as_me:6985: error: No (n)curses installation" >&5
+ echo "$as_me: error: No (n)curses installation" >&2;}
diff --git a/xbsql.spec b/xbsql.spec
index 680bd82..a944d73 100644
--- a/xbsql.spec
+++ b/xbsql.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 Name:		xbsql
 Summary:	A SQL wrapper for xbase
 Version:	0.11
-Release:	4%{?dist}
+Release:	5%{?dist}
 Group:		Development/Libraries
 License:	LGPL
 URL:		http://www.quaking.demon.co.uk/xbsql/
 Source0: 	http://www.rekallrevealed.org/packages/%{name}-%{version}.tgz
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:	xbase-devel, ncurses-devel, readline-devel
+Patch0:		xbsql-0.11-ncurses64.patch
 
 %description
 XBSQL is a wrapper library which provides an SQL-subset interface to Xbase 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ Headers and libraries for compiling programs that use the XBSQL library.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure
@@ -54,6 +56,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/*.a
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 18 2005 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> 0.11-5
+- fix 64 bit ncurses detection
+
 * Thu Aug 18 2005 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> 0.11-4
 - add the Requires: xbase-devel for the -devel package