diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/burp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/burp/default.nix
index 00b2c71037a8..187fe71896d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/burp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/burp/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkg-config
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, autoreconfHook, pkg-config
 , acl, librsync, ncurses, openssl, zlib, uthash }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1zhq240kz881vs2s620qp0kifmgr582caalm85ls789w9rmdkhjl";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Pull upstream fix for ncurses-6.3 support
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "ncurses-6.3.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/grke/burp/commit/1d6c931af7c11f164cf7ad3479781e8f03413496.patch";
+      sha256 = "14sfbfahlankz3xg6v10i8fnmpnmqpp73q9xm0l0hnjh25igv6bl";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ librsync ncurses openssl zlib uthash ]
     ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) acl;