diff --git a/core/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses_%.bbappend b/core/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses_%.bbappend
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+# Work around the fact that gcc/g++ is not run under pseudo at the moment to
+# bypass a different bug. Ncurses links the libs directly into place in the
+# destination, so we need to correct the ownership here.
+do_install_append () {
+    chown root:root ${D}${base_libdir}/lib*.so.* ${D}${libdir}/lib*.so.*
+}