diff --git a/parted-2.4-ncursesw6.patch b/parted-2.4-ncursesw6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54cbfb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parted-2.4-ncursesw6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig
++++ configure.ac
+@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS="$AM_CPPFLAGS -D_REENTRANT"
+ 
+ dnl Check for programs.
+ AC_ISC_POSIX
+-AC_PROG_CC
++AC_PROG_CC_STDC
++AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
+ AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL
+ AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+ 
+@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ dnl Check for termcap
+ if test "$with_readline" = yes; then
+ 	OLD_LIBS="$LIBS"
+ 	LIBS=""
+-	AC_SEARCH_LIBS([tgetent], [tinfo ncurses curses termcap termlib],
++	AC_SEARCH_LIBS([tgetent], [tinfo ncursesw curses termcap termlib],
+ 		[PARTED_LIBS="$PARTED_LIBS $LIBS"],
+ 		[AC_MSG_ERROR(dnl
+ [termcap could not be found which is required for the
diff --git a/parted.changes b/parted.changes
index 6e1add1..fe9ce39 100644
--- a/parted.changes
+++ b/parted.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jul 31 01:50:07 UTC 2011 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Use ncursesw6 instead of plain-old ncurses5 
+- Disable automake silent rules
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May 19 13:05:08 UTC 2011 - puzel@novell.com
 
diff --git a/parted.spec b/parted.spec
index e616227..6107f6d 100644
--- a/parted.spec
+++ b/parted.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Patch10:        fix-dm-partition-name.patch
 Patch11:        do-not-create-dm-nodes.patch
 #PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE more-reliable-informing-the-kernel.patch bnc#657360 petr.uzel@suse.cz
 Patch12:        more-reliable-informing-the-kernel.patch
-
+Patch13:        parted-2.4-ncursesw6.patch
 Requires:       /sbin/udevadm
 BuildRequires:  check-devel
 BuildRequires:  device-mapper-devel >= 1.02.33
@@ -102,15 +102,18 @@ to develop applications that require these.
 %patch10 -p1
 %patch11 -p1
 %patch12 -p1
-
+%patch13
 %build
+export CFLAGS="%{optflags} `ncursesw6-config --cflags`"
+export LDFLAGS="`ncursesw6-config --libs`"
 AUTOPOINT=true autoreconf --force --install
 %configure	--disable-static \
 		--with-pic \
 		--enable-device-mapper=yes	\
 		--enable-dynamic-loading=no 	\
 		--enable-selinux		\
-		--disable-Werror
+		--disable-Werror \
+        --disable-silent-rules
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install