diff --git a/mingw-w64-ncurses/003-restore-static-builds-without-macro.patch b/mingw-w64-ncurses/003-restore-static-builds-without-macro.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13028941cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-ncurses/003-restore-static-builds-without-macro.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- ncurses-6.3/include/ncurses_dll.h.in.orig	2021-12-11 13:47:24.101612300 +0100
++++ ncurses-6.3/include/ncurses_dll.h.in	2021-12-11 13:47:24.572486300 +0100
+@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@
+ #define NCURSES_EXPORT(type) NCURSES_IMPEXP type NCURSES_API
+ #define NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(type) NCURSES_IMPEXP type
+ 
++/* XXX: MSYS2 hack to keep static builds working by default
++ * https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/issues/10312
++ */
++#define NCURSES_STATIC
++
+ /*
+  * These symbols hide dllimport/dllexport, for compilers which care about it.
+  */
diff --git a/mingw-w64-ncurses/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-ncurses/PKGBUILD
index 631574ab6a..b8df4fdc8e 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-ncurses/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-ncurses/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
 #_date_rev=20211108
 #kgver=${_base_ver}.${_date_rev}
 pkgver=6.3
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw32' 'mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clang32' 'clangarm64')
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ source=(#"${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"::"https://invisible-mirror.net/archives
         https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-${pkgver}.tar.gz{,.sig}
         001-use-libsystre.patch
         002-ncurses-config-win-paths.patch
+        003-restore-static-builds-without-macro.patch
         ncurses-6.3-pkgconfig.patch)
 sha256sums=('97fc51ac2b085d4cde31ef4d2c3122c21abc217e9090a43a30fc5ec21684e059'
             'SKIP'
             'd8fb37262372f3e5c9a553bdeff07c8b874bac6f3c416e2a372877cef0af1925'
             '5367d8f49aff92884b9daa014502df13e1812f1b7ee1b3a3cb18139f10039408'
+            '31854494f5a27cbe8d1f2c044c0857a86ae1bc847b916d02120b94517b3bb653'
             'b8544a607dfbeffaba2b087f03b57ed1fa81286afca25df65f61b04b5f3b3738')
 validpgpkeys=('19882D92DDA4C400C22C0D56CC2AF4472167BE03')
 
@@ -33,6 +35,9 @@ prepare() {
   patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/001-use-libsystre.patch
   patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/002-ncurses-config-win-paths.patch
 
+  # https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/issues/10312
+  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/003-restore-static-builds-without-macro.patch
+
   # do not leak build-time LDFLAGS into the pkgconfig files:
   # https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/68523
   patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/ncurses-6.3-pkgconfig.patch