diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f52c19c..3c802fe 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-01-22  Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
+	* ncurses-5.7-2.1
+	* x86_64 only build
+	* compile non-wide charater library with chtype=long
+          for compatibility with binary blobs (FS#13351)
+
 2008-11-15  Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
 	* ncurses-5.7-2
 	* fix installation of non-wide charater libraries (FS#12124)
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index e411582..4b50d4c 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 pkgname=ncurses
 pkgver=5.7
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=2.1
 pkgdesc="System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/"
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ build() {
   ln -sf libncurses.a ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libcurses.a
 
   # Install libncurses.so.5 for external binary support 
+  [ $CARCH = "x86_64" ] && CONFIGFLAG="--with-chtype=long"
   ./configure --prefix=/usr \
     --with-shared --with-normal --without-debug --without-ada \
-    --with-install-prefix=${pkgdir}
+    --with-install-prefix=${pkgdir} $CONFIGFLAG
   make || return 1
   
   install -Dm755 lib/libncurses.so.${pkgver} ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libncurses.so.${pkgver}