diff --git a/ncurses-compheader.patch b/ncurses-compheader.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ae7143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncurses-compheader.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -up ncurses-6.0-20160116/include/curses.h.in.compheader ncurses-6.0-20160116/include/curses.h.in
+--- ncurses-6.0-20160116/include/curses.h.in.compheader	2016-01-26 10:28:56.531558497 +0100
++++ ncurses-6.0-20160116/include/curses.h.in	2015-12-20 00:08:31.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int) NCURSES_SP_NA
+ #define wattron(win,at)		wattr_on(win, NCURSES_CAST(attr_t, at), NULL)
+ #define wattroff(win,at)	wattr_off(win, NCURSES_CAST(attr_t, at), NULL)
+ 
+-#if !NCURSES_OPAQUE
++#ifdef NCURSES_INTERNALS
+ #if NCURSES_WIDECHAR && @NCURSES_EXT_COLORS@
+ #define wattrset(win,at)	((win) \
+ 				  ? ((win)->_color = NCURSES_CAST(int, PAIR_NUMBER(at)), \
+@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int) NCURSES_SP_NA
+ #define slk_attr_off(a,v)		((v) ? ERR : slk_attroff(a))
+ #define slk_attr_on(a,v)		((v) ? ERR : slk_attron(a))
+ 
+-#if !NCURSES_OPAQUE
++#ifdef NCURSES_INTERNALS
+ #if NCURSES_WIDECHAR && @NCURSES_EXT_COLORS@
+ #define wattr_set(win,a,p,opts)		(((win) \
+ 					  ? ((win)->_attrs = ((a) & ~A_COLOR), \
diff --git a/ncurses.spec b/ncurses.spec
index 0ed565e..ed3ea1c 100644
--- a/ncurses.spec
+++ b/ncurses.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.html
 Source0: ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/current/ncurses-%{version}-%{revision}.tgz
 
+# make installed ncurses.h compatible with narrow-char libncurses (#1270534)
+Patch7: ncurses-compheader.patch
 Patch8: ncurses-config.patch
 Patch9: ncurses-libs.patch
 Patch11: ncurses-urxvt.patch
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ The ncurses-static package includes static libraries of the ncurses library.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}-%{revision}
 
+%patch7 -p1 -b .headercomp
 %patch8 -p1 -b .config
 %patch9 -p1 -b .libs
 %patch11 -p1 -b .urxvt