diff --git a/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses6-6.5.recipe b/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses6-6.5.recipe
index b53d69e9e..bab37faa5 100644
--- a/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses6-6.5.recipe
+++ b/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses6-6.5.recipe
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/"
 COPYRIGHT="2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey
 	1998-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
 LICENSE="MIT"
-REVISION="2"
+REVISION="3"
 srcVersion=${portVersion//./_}
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/ThomasDickey/ncurses-snapshots/archive/refs/tags/v$srcVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="1600526b279b0acf42432fe31f6dfa3824a4da4262168bf8b3637660ff8c07c7"
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ BUILD()
 		--omit-dirs "dataRootDir docDir" ./configure \
 		--disable-relink \
 		--disable-root-access \
-		--disable-root-environ \
+		--enable-root-environ \
 		--disable-setuid-environ \
 		--disable-static \
 		--enable-hard-tabs \