diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ln/lnav/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ln/lnav/package.nix
index 8b152bd7df8f..69face7e86a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ln/lnav/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ln/lnav/package.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
+  fetchpatch,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pcre2,
   sqlite,
-  ncurses,
   readline,
   zlib,
   bzip2,
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-XS3/km2sJwRnWloLKu9X9z07+qBFRfUsaRpZVYjoclI=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # fixes lnav in tmux by patching vendored dependency notcurses
+    # https://github.com/tstack/lnav/issues/1390
+    # remove on next release
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/tstack/lnav/commit/5e0bfa483714f05397265a690960d23ae22e1838.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-dArPJik9KVI0KQjGw8W11oqGrbsBCNOr93gaH3yDPpo=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   separateDebugInfo = true;
@@ -59,7 +69,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   buildInputs =
     [
       bzip2
-      ncurses
       pcre2
       readline
       sqlite