diff --git a/sys/libs/ncurses/ympbuild b/sys/libs/ncurses/ympbuild
index c735b516..e7bd52dc 100644
--- a/sys/libs/ncurses/ympbuild
+++ b/sys/libs/ncurses/ympbuild
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ setup(){
           --with-progs
           --with-terminfo-dirs="/etc/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo:/lib/terminfo:/usr/lib/terminfo"
           --enable-pc-files
+          --with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/lib64/pkgconfig
           --with-shared)
     ./configure ${opts[@]}
     cd ../widec
@@ -44,14 +45,25 @@ build(){
 }
 
 package(){
+    cd ../widec
+    make $jobs install
+    cd ../$name-$version
+    make $jobs install
+
     mkdir -p "$DESTDIR/lib64/" "$DESTDIR/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/"
     for lib in ncurses ncurses++ form panel menu; do
-        printf "INPUT(-l%sw)\n" "${lib}" > "$DESTDIR/lib64/lib${lib}.so"
-        ln -sv ${lib}w.pc "$DESTDIR/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/${lib}.pc"
+        if ! ls "$DESTDIR/lib64/lib${lib}.so" ; then
+            printf "INPUT(-l%sw)\n" "${lib}" > "$DESTDIR/lib64/lib${lib}.so"
+        fi
+        if ! ls "$DESTDIR/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/${lib}.pc" ; then
+            ln -sv ${lib}w.pc "$DESTDIR/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/${lib}.pc"
+        fi
     done
     # some packages look for -lcurses during build
     printf 'INPUT(-lncursesw)\n' > "$DESTDIR/lib64/libcursesw.so"
-    ln -sv libncurses.so "$DESTDIR/lib64/libcurses.so"
+    if ! ls "$DESTDIR"/lib64/libcurses.so ; then
+        ln -sv libncurses.so "$DESTDIR/lib64/libcurses.so"
+    fi
 
     # tic and ticinfo functionality is built in by default
     # make sure that anything linking against it links against libncursesw.so instead
@@ -59,6 +71,8 @@ package(){
         printf "INPUT(libncursesw.so.%s)\n" "${so_ver}" > "$DESTDIR/lib64/lib${lib}.so"
         if ! ls $DESTDIR/lib64/lib${lib}.so.${so_ver} ; then
             ln -sv libncursesw.so.${so_ver} "$DESTDIR/lib64/lib${lib}.so.${so_ver}"
+        fi
+        if ! ls "$DESTDIR/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/${lib}.pc" ; then
             ln -sv ncursesw.pc "$DESTDIR/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/${lib}.pc"
         fi
     done
@@ -66,8 +80,4 @@ package(){
     for lib in libncursesw libncurses libtinfo libpanelw libformw libmenuw ; do
         ln -sv ${lib}.so.${so_ver} "$DESTDIR"/lib64/${lib}.so.5
     done
-    cd ../widec
-    make $jobs install
-    cd ../$name-$version
-    make $jobs install
 }