diff --git a/recipes/wip/db/mariadb-lts/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/db/mariadb-lts/recipe.toml
index f4b1b623b3c506444b2568501248563bb38591f9..3e4dffa61a84c20583d9a0479a9b74bb974ccc6f 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/db/mariadb-lts/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/db/mariadb-lts/recipe.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "libaio",
 ]
 script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
diff --git a/recipes/wip/db/mysql-server/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/db/mysql-server/recipe.toml
index e5b009daf525b4547ffc9a895ce89bb7e62a0b75..02c84e7373c9b8d4fe36ef82853b54cf173aa1a1 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/db/mysql-server/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/db/mysql-server/recipe.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "ncurses",
     "openssl1",
 ]
+script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/defold-engine/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/defold-engine/recipe.toml
index 50de85bbc74b7257d53c072072f914a9dab8d766..13d89a5624bf31fb042932d88a11b4fb5703c979 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/defold-engine/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/defold-engine/recipe.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "openal",
     "ncurses",
 ]
+script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/tools/cpu-x/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/tools/cpu-x/recipe.toml
index b2912aed6f115174e7361aebec9b616abfb5c213..cb21b5c27f786277dadaaa5a5019faecc41b5f9e 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/tools/cpu-x/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/tools/cpu-x/recipe.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "libcpuid",
     "pciutils",
 ]
+script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/tools/glsl-viewer/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/tools/glsl-viewer/recipe.toml
index 93c7c6a283c2df3003f2f6d4484e492bb1a7cf05..f5d9519097adf5c78a080bdb7657bff1d6a4027f 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/tools/glsl-viewer/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/tools/glsl-viewer/recipe.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "ffmpeg6",
     "glfw",
 ]
+script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+"""