diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/include/curses.h.in b/contrib/ncurses/include/curses.h.in
index 4f300b0b9aed..3e52e40564ed 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/include/curses.h.in
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/include/curses.h.in
@@ -1313,6 +1313,7 @@ extern char *_tracechar(const unsigned char);
 extern char *_tracechtype(chtype);
 extern char *_tracechtype2(int, chtype);
 extern char *_tracemouse(const MEVENT *);
+#define trace _nc_trace
 extern void trace(const unsigned int);
 
 /* trace masks */
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/ncurses/trace/lib_trace.c b/contrib/ncurses/ncurses/trace/lib_trace.c
index aa4b887111a7..0f47e16e698f 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/ncurses/trace/lib_trace.c
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/ncurses/trace/lib_trace.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ long _nc_outchars;
 static FILE *	tracefp;	/* default to writing to stderr */
 #endif
 
-void trace(const unsigned int tracelevel GCC_UNUSED)
+void _nc_trace(const unsigned int tracelevel GCC_UNUSED)
 {
 #ifdef TRACE
 static bool	been_here = FALSE;