diff --git a/src/lib/ncurses/ncurses.hpp b/src/lib/ncurses/ncurses.hpp
index 5858e4943d1f26410c068097c03f39d301c3280c..1909cbddb9622706953cb01e1c16319101251de0 100644
--- a/src/lib/ncurses/ncurses.hpp
+++ b/src/lib/ncurses/ncurses.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#ifndef NCURSES_NOMACROS
+#define NCURSES_NOMACROS
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
 #include <ncurses/cursesw.h>
 #else