diff --git a/app-shells/hstr/files/hstr-1.24-tinfo.patch b/app-shells/hstr/files/hstr-1.24-tinfo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..85a4743c0e944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-shells/hstr/files/hstr-1.24-tinfo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(m, cos, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find m library])])
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, using_history, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find readline library])])
+ # ncurses might be linked in libtinfo
+-#AC_CHECK_LIB(tinfo, keypad, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find tinfo library])])
++AC_SEARCH_LIBS(keypad, tinfo, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find tinfo library])])
+ 
+ # Checks for header files.
+ AC_CHECK_HEADER(assert.h)
diff --git a/app-shells/hstr/hstr-1.24.ebuild b/app-shells/hstr/hstr-1.24.ebuild
index 0f8e9981f2a38..fc44e8039c0be 100644
--- a/app-shells/hstr/hstr-1.24.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/hstr/hstr-1.24.ebuild
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 DOCS=( CONFIGURATION.md README.md )
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-tinfo.patch" )
 
 src_prepare() {
 	default