diff --git a/srcpkgs/ncmpc/patches/ncurses.patch b/srcpkgs/ncmpc/patches/ncurses.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0c7564bcc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ncmpc/patches/ncurses.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+We don't include ncursesw.h header file, so use ncurses.h instead.
+
+--- ./meson.build   2017-09-23 10:57:09.288877085 -0400
++++ ./meson.build   2017-09-23 10:58:40.263583716 -0400
+@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@
+     conf.set('HAVE_NCURSESW_CURSES_H', true)
+   elif cc.has_header('ncursesw.h', dependencies: curses_dep)
+     conf.set('HAVE_NCURSESW_H', true)
++  elif cc.has_header('ncurses/curses.h', dependencies: curses_dep)
++    conf.set('HAVE_NCURSES_CURSES_H', true)
++  elif cc.has_header('ncurses.h', dependencies: curses_dep)
++    conf.set('HAVE_NCURSES_H', true)
+   else
+     error('No ncursesw header found')
+   endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ncmpc/template b/srcpkgs/ncmpc/template
index 8bdd9dec088..ba14ed897d2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ncmpc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ncmpc/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'ncmpc'
 pkgname=ncmpc
-version=0.27
+version=0.28
 revision=1
-build_style=gnu-configure
+build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel glib-devel libmpdclient-devel"
 short_desc="Ncurses-based mpd client"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Getty Ritter <gettyritter@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://www.musicpd.org/clients/ncmpc/"
 distfiles="https://www.musicpd.org/download/ncmpc/0/ncmpc-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=f9a26a3fc869cfdf0a16b0ea3e6512c2fe28a031bbc71b1d24a2bf0bbd3e15d9
+checksum=f66e5b6fef83bdfda3b3efaf3fbad6a4d8c47bb1b3b6810bed44d3e35b007804
 
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/examples/ncmpc