diff --git a/ncurses.changes b/ncurses.changes
index edfd132..7045d85 100644
--- a/ncurses.changes
+++ b/ncurses.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 29 07:37:33 UTC 2021 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
+
+- Disable pcre support for now (boo#1184083) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 29 06:33:05 UTC 2021 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/ncurses.spec b/ncurses.spec
index bd2d911..1bc67f6 100644
--- a/ncurses.spec
+++ b/ncurses.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 %bcond_with     memleakck
 %bcond_without  onlytinfo
 %bcond_with     libbsd
-%bcond_without  usepcre2
+%bcond_with     usepcre2
 
 %if %{with onlytinfo}
 %global soname_tinfo tinfo