--- Curses-1.320.0.ebuild	2015-08-09 16:34:50.000000000 -0400
+++ Curses-1.320.0-r1.ebuild	2015-08-15 17:29:49.931966619 -0400
@@ -24,12 +24,18 @@
 	echo ncurses$(use unicode && echo w)
 }
 
+my_curses_major() {
+	local CURSES_MAJOR=$(portageq best_version / sys-libs/ncurses | sed 's%^sys-libs/ncurses-%%; s/\..*//' | egrep '^[0-9]+$')
+	test -n "${CURSES_MAJOR}" || die "Could not determine ncurses major version"
+	echo "${CURSES_MAJOR}"
+}
+
 pkg_setup() {
 	myconf="${myconf} FORMS PANELS MENUS"
 	mydoc=HISTORY
 	export CURSES_LIBTYPE=$(my_curses_version)
-	export CURSES_LDFLAGS=$($(my_curses_version)5-config --libs)
-	export CURSES_CFLAGS=$( $(my_curses_version)5-config --cflags)
+	export CURSES_LDFLAGS=$($(my_curses_version)$(my_curses_major)-config --libs)
+	export CURSES_CFLAGS=$( $(my_curses_version)$(my_curses_major)-config --cflags)
 }
 
 src_configure(){