diff --git a/ports/ncurses/build.sh b/ports/ncurses/build.sh
index a6f42c8f..93ad7151 100755
--- a/ports/ncurses/build.sh
+++ b/ports/ncurses/build.sh
@@ -15,3 +15,11 @@ CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'--without-dlsym'
 	'--without-cxx-binding'
 )
+
+install() {
+	make install "DESTDIR=$BANAN_SYSROOT" || exit 1
+
+	shellrc="$BANAN_SYSROOT/home/user/.shellrc"
+	grep -q 'export TERM=' "$shellrc"                || echo 'export TERM=ansi'             >> "$shellrc"
+	grep -q 'export NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS=' "$shellrc" || echo 'export NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS=1' >> "$shellrc"
+}
diff --git a/userspace/programs/init/main.cpp b/userspace/programs/init/main.cpp
index 597f6249..490f65ee 100644
--- a/userspace/programs/init/main.cpp
+++ b/userspace/programs/init/main.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 	if (load_keymap("/usr/share/keymaps/us.keymap") == -1)
 		perror("load_keymap");
 
+	setenv("TERM", "ansi", 1);
+	setenv("NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS", "1", 1);
+
 	if (fork() == 0)
 	{
 		execl("/bin/dhcp-client", "dhcp-client", NULL);