diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 904e73d..bafa523 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 pkgname=ncurses
 pkgver=5.6
-pkgrel=7
+pkgrel=8
 pkgdesc="A System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ncurses.html"
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ build() {
   ln -sf libncursesw.a ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libcursesw.a
   ln -sf libncurses.a ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libcurses.a
 
+  # Install libncurses.so.5 for external binary support 
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr \
+    --with-shared --with-normal --without-debug --without-ada \
+    --with-install-prefix=${pkgdir}
+  make || return 1
+  
+  install -Dm755 lib/libncurses.so.5.6 ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5.6
+  ln -sf libncurses.so.5.6 ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5
+
   # install license, rip it from the readme
   cd ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
   mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname
diff --git a/ncurses.install b/ncurses.install
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b5a1dc..0000000
--- a/ncurses.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# arg 1:  the new package version
-# arg 2:  the old package version
-post_upgrade() {
-  echo ">> You can safely ignore any \"cannot open shared object\" errors you see above"
-}
-
-op=$1
-shift
-$op $*