diff --git a/libtinfo_compat.be0 b/libtinfo_compat.be0
index 3badc4d41..ef4642b02 100755
--- a/libtinfo_compat.be0
+++ b/libtinfo_compat.be0
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env beesh
 
-# BEE_VERSION libtinfo_compat-1.0-0
+# BEE_VERSION libtinfo_compat-2.0-0
 
 
 ## this file was created by bee init and should be executed to build a
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
 mee_install() {
     mkdir -p "$D/lib/"
-    ln -s libncurses.so.5 "$D/lib/libtinfo.so.5"
+    ln -s libncursesw.so.5 "$D/lib/libtinfo.so.5"
 }
 ## by default this may be 'make install DESTDIR="${D}"'