diff --git a/2.7/jessie/slim/Dockerfile b/2.7/jessie/slim/Dockerfile
index 111f2eb5e..8a980f5ec 100644
--- a/2.7/jessie/slim/Dockerfile
+++ b/2.7/jessie/slim/Dockerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
 		libc6-dev \
 		libdb-dev \
 		libgdbm-dev \
-		libncurses-dev \
+		libncursesw5-dev \
 		libreadline-dev \
 		libsqlite3-dev \
 		libssl-dev \
diff --git a/2.7/stretch/slim/Dockerfile b/2.7/stretch/slim/Dockerfile
index 11ce1c065..3a681c2bf 100644
--- a/2.7/stretch/slim/Dockerfile
+++ b/2.7/stretch/slim/Dockerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
 		libc6-dev \
 		libdb-dev \
 		libgdbm-dev \
-		libncurses-dev \
+		libncursesw5-dev \
 		libreadline-dev \
 		libsqlite3-dev \
 		libssl-dev \
diff --git a/3.4/jessie/slim/Dockerfile b/3.4/jessie/slim/Dockerfile
index 13f55f143..f8407bbd1 100644
--- a/3.4/jessie/slim/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.4/jessie/slim/Dockerfile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
 		libffi-dev \
 		libgdbm-dev \
 		liblzma-dev \
-		libncurses-dev \
+		libncursesw5-dev \
 		libreadline-dev \
 		libsqlite3-dev \
 		libssl-dev \
diff --git a/3.5/jessie/slim/Dockerfile b/3.5/jessie/slim/Dockerfile
index 7db60e2a2..66b9cb60c 100644
--- a/3.5/jessie/slim/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.5/jessie/slim/Dockerfile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
 		libffi-dev \
 		libgdbm-dev \
 		liblzma-dev \
-		libncurses-dev \
+		libncursesw5-dev \
 		libreadline-dev \
 		libsqlite3-dev \
 		libssl-dev \
diff --git a/3.6/jessie/slim/Dockerfile b/3.6/jessie/slim/Dockerfile
index 4a1ca5e4f..c83409bc2 100644
--- a/3.6/jessie/slim/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.6/jessie/slim/Dockerfile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
 		libffi-dev \
 		libgdbm-dev \
 		liblzma-dev \
-		libncurses-dev \
+		libncursesw5-dev \
 		libreadline-dev \
 		libsqlite3-dev \
 		libssl-dev \
diff --git a/3.6/stretch/slim/Dockerfile b/3.6/stretch/slim/Dockerfile
index 7a6486eb4..bfdeded7c 100644
--- a/3.6/stretch/slim/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.6/stretch/slim/Dockerfile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
 		libffi-dev \
 		libgdbm-dev \
 		liblzma-dev \
-		libncurses-dev \
+		libncursesw5-dev \
 		libreadline-dev \
 		libsqlite3-dev \
 		libssl-dev \
diff --git a/3.7-rc/stretch/slim/Dockerfile b/3.7-rc/stretch/slim/Dockerfile
index a997c1149..02d94d0d2 100644
--- a/3.7-rc/stretch/slim/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.7-rc/stretch/slim/Dockerfile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
 		libffi-dev \
 		libgdbm-dev \
 		liblzma-dev \
-		libncurses-dev \
+		libncursesw5-dev \
 		libreadline-dev \
 		libsqlite3-dev \
 		libssl-dev \
diff --git a/Dockerfile-slim.template b/Dockerfile-slim.template
index 4c42232b5..5fab586e9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-slim.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-slim.template
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
 		libffi-dev \
 		libgdbm-dev \
 		liblzma-dev \
-		libncurses-dev \
+		libncursesw5-dev \
 		libreadline-dev \
 		libsqlite3-dev \
 		libssl-dev \