diff --git a/sys/unix/hints/include/cross-post.370 b/sys/unix/hints/include/cross-post.370
index 6e153bbc9..c6f40e52d 100644
--- a/sys/unix/hints/include/cross-post.370
+++ b/sys/unix/hints/include/cross-post.370
@@ -302,11 +302,11 @@ ifdef BUILD_TARGET_NCURSES
 .PHONY: build-ncurses
 ifdef MAKEFILE_SRC
 ../lib/ncurses.tar.gz:
-	@echo "You will need to successfully execute 'make CROSS_TO_MIPS=1 fetch-ncurses' first"
+	@echo "You will need to successfully execute 'make CROSS_TO_$(NCURSES_PLATFORM)=1 fetch-ncurses' first"
 	@false
 $(TARGETPFX)ncurses/lib/libncurses.a: ../lib/ncurses.tar.gz
 	(cd $(TARGETDIR) ; mkdir -p ncurses ; cd ncurses ; tar -xf ../../../lib/ncurses.tar.gz --strip-components=1 ; \
-	./configure --build i686-pc-linux-gnu --host mipsel-linux-gnu ; \
+	./configure --build $(NCURSES_CONFIGURE_BUILD) --host $(NCURSES_CONFIGURE_HOST) ; \
 	make ; \
 	cd ../../../src)
 endif   #MAKEFILE_SRC
diff --git a/sys/unix/hints/include/cross-pre2.370 b/sys/unix/hints/include/cross-pre2.370
index b0abd3644..15fbe719c 100644
--- a/sys/unix/hints/include/cross-pre2.370
+++ b/sys/unix/hints/include/cross-pre2.370
@@ -439,6 +439,9 @@ override RECOVERBIN = $(TARGETPFX)recover
 override PACKAGE = mipspkg
 override PREGAME += mkdir -p $(TARGETDIR) ;
 override CLEANMORE += rm -f -r $(TARGETDIR) ;
+NCURSES_CONFIGURE_BUILD=i686-pc-linux-gnu
+NCURSES_CONFIGURE_HOST=mipsel-linux-gnu
+NCURSES_PLATFORM=MIPS
 # Rule for file in sys/unix
 #$(TARGETPFX)%.o : ../sys/unix/%.c
 #	$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -c -o$@ $<