diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
index 91b1f34..3ff0914 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ ncurses_configure() {
 	cd ..
 }
 
+# Update gnu-config files to version used by OE-Core
+do_configure_prepend() {
+	install -m 0755 ${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/gnu-config/config.{guess,sub} ${S}
+}
+
 # Override the function from the autotools class; ncurses requires a
 # patched autoconf213 to generate the configure script. This autoconf
 # is not available so that the shipped script will be used.
