diff --git a/pkgs/games/bastet/default.nix b/pkgs/games/bastet/default.nix
index 053eca57528b..74d83424f76b 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/bastet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/bastet/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://github.com/fph/bastet/commit/0e03f8d4d6bc6949cf1c447e632ce0d1b98c4be1.patch";
       sha256 = "1475hisbm44jirsrhdlnddppsyn83xmvcx09gfkm9drcix05alzj";
     })
+
+    # Fix pending upstream inclusion for ncurses-6.3:
+    #  https://github.com/fph/bastet/pull/21
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "ncurses-6.3";
+      url = "https://github.com/fph/bastet/commit/54a6d127351ea2c62f50efafe97c5b02e23e86a7.patch";
+      sha256 = "14v95b0m16m6ycd82i3wpp81kbmj6qz029b1m5483dkk6mwz98iy";
+    })
   ];
 
   installPhase = ''