diff --git a/contrib/depends/Makefile b/contrib/depends/Makefile
index 6ab602ac0..ec0e4cfae 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/depends/Makefile
@@ -217,4 +217,6 @@ download-win:
 	@$(MAKE) -s HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32 download-one
 download: download-osx download-linux download-win
 
+ $(foreach package,$(all_packages),$(eval $(call ext_add_stages,$(package))))
+
 .PHONY: install cached download-one download-osx download-linux download-win download check-packages check-sources
diff --git a/contrib/depends/funcs.mk b/contrib/depends/funcs.mk
index 15e404e42..469144361 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/funcs.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/funcs.mk
@@ -213,6 +213,14 @@ $(1): | $($(1)_cached_checksum)
 
 endef
 
+stages = fetched extracted preprocessed configured built staged postprocessed cached cached_checksum
+
+define ext_add_stages
+$(foreach stage,$(stages),
+          $(1)_$(stage): $($(1)_$(stage))
+          .PHONY: $(1)_$(stage))
+endef
+
 # These functions create the build targets for each package. They must be
 # broken down into small steps so that each part is done for all packages
 # before moving on to the next step. Otherwise, a package's info
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/eudev.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/eudev.mk
index e754c0f20..a7795b777 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/eudev.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/eudev.mk
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@ endef
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
 endef
+
+define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
+  rm lib/*.la
+endef
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/expat.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/expat.mk
index bd2cea1b6..ef81636a2 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/expat.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/expat.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ $(package)_sha256_hash=03ad85db965f8ab2d27328abcf0bc5571af6ec0a414874b2066ee3fdd
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts=--enable-static
+$(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared
 $(package)_config_opts+=--prefix=$(host_prefix)
 endef
 
@@ -20,3 +21,8 @@ endef
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
 endef
+
+define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
+  rm lib/*.la
+endef
+
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/hidapi.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/hidapi.mk
index 1c43e525a..40e9b9dca 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/hidapi.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/hidapi.mk
@@ -28,3 +28,8 @@ endef
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
 endef
+
+define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
+  rm lib/*.la
+endef
+
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/icu4c.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/icu4c.mk
index 2b3845488..dc089bbbe 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/icu4c.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/icu4c.mk
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ define $(package)_config_cmds
   $(MAKE) $($(package)_build_opts)
 endef
 
-#define $(package)_build_cmds
-#  cd source &&\
-   $(MAKE) $($((package)_build_opts) `nproc`
-#endef
-
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   cd buildb &&\
   $(MAKE) $($(package)_build_opts) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install lib/*
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/ldns.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/ldns.mk
index 0b7c3806a..ea4902170 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/ldns.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/ldns.mk
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ $(package)_sha256_hash=8b88e059452118e8949a2752a55ce59bc71fa5bc414103e17f5b6b06f
 $(package)_dependencies=openssl
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
-  $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --enable-static --disable-dane-ta-usage --with-drill 
-  $(package)_config_opts=--with-ssl=$(host_prefix) 
+  $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --enable-static --with-drill
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--with-ssl=$(host_prefix)
   $(package)_config_opts_release=--disable-debug-mode
   $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
 endef
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ define $(package)_stage_cmds
 endef
 
 define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
+  rm lib/*.la
 endef
+
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/libiconv.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/libiconv.mk
index dbcb28141..d4995c1b7 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/libiconv.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/libiconv.mk
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ endef
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
 endef
+
+define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
+  rm lib/*.la
+endef
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/ncurses.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/ncurses.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e06c00d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/ncurses.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package=ncurses
+$(package)_version=6.1
+$(package)_download_path=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses
+$(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
+$(package)_sha256_hash=aa057eeeb4a14d470101eff4597d5833dcef5965331be3528c08d99cebaa0d17
+
+define $(package)_set_vars
+  $(package)_build_opts=CC="$($(package)_cc)"
+  $(package)_config_env=AR="$($(package)_ar)" RANLIB="$($(package)_ranlib)" CC="$($(package)_cc)"
+  $(package)_config_env_darwin=RANLIB="$(host_prefix)/native/bin/x86_64-apple-darwin11-ranlib" AR="$(host_prefix)/native/bin/x86_64-apple-darwin11-ar" CC="$(host_prefix)/native/bin/$($(package)_cc)"
+  $(package)_config_opts=--prefix=$(host_prefix)
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--disable-shared
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--with-build-cc=gcc
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--without-debug
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--without-ada
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--without-cxx-binding
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--without-cxx
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--without-ticlib
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--without-tic
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--without-progs
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--without-tests
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--without-tack
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--without-manpages
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--disable-tic-depends
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--disable-big-strings
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--disable-ext-colors
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--enable-pc-files
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--host=$(HOST)
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--without-shared
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--without-pthread
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--disable-rpath
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--disable-colorfgbg
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--disable-ext-colors
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--disable-ext-mouse
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--disable-symlinks
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--enable-warnings
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--enable-assertions
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--disable-home-terminfo
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--enable-database
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--enable-sp-funcs
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--enable-term-driver
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--enable-interop
+  $(pacakge)_config_opts+=--enable-widec
+  $(package)_build_opts=CFLAGS="$($(package)_cflags) $($(package)_cppflags) -fPIC"
+endef
+
+define $(package)_config_cmds
+  ./configure $($(package)_config_opts)
+endef
+
+define $(package)_build_cmds
+  $(MAKE) $($(package)_build_opts) V=1
+endef
+
+define $(package)_stage_cmds
+  $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir)
+endef
+
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
index 8523e95df..562f4f7d6 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
-packages:=boost openssl zeromq cppzmq expat ldns readline libiconv hidapi protobuf libusb
+packages:=boost openssl zeromq cppzmq expat ldns libiconv hidapi protobuf libusb
 native_packages := native_ccache native_protobuf
 
 darwin_native_packages = native_biplist native_ds_store native_mac_alias
-darwin_packages = sodium-darwin
+darwin_packages = sodium-darwin ncurses readline 
 
-linux_packages = eudev
+linux_packages = eudev ncurses readline unwind sodium
 qt_packages = qt
 
 ifeq ($(build_tests),ON)
 packages += gtest
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(host_os),linux)
-packages += unwind
-packages += sodium
-endif
 ifeq ($(host_os),mingw32)
 packages += icu4c
 packages += sodium
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/protobuf.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/protobuf.mk
index 54d3fd924..81fa78a3f 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/protobuf.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/protobuf.mk
@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@ define $(package)_stage_cmds
 endef
 
 define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
-  rm lib/libprotoc.a
+  rm lib/libprotoc.a &&\
+  rm lib/*.la
 endef
+
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/readline.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/readline.mk
index afefc7f07..0e2100749 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/readline.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/readline.mk
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@ $(package)_version=8.0
 $(package)_download_path=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=e339f51971478d369f8a053a330a190781acb9864cf4c541060f12078948e461
+$(package)_dependencies=ncurses
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
-  $(package)_build_opts=CC="$($(package)_cc)"
-  $(package)_config_env=AR="$($(package)_ar)" RANLIB="$($(package)_ranlib)" CC="$($(package)_cc)"
   $(package)_config_opts=--prefix=$(host_prefix)
-  $(package)_config_opts+=--disable-shared --enable-multibye --without-purify --without-curses
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--exec-prefix=$(host_prefix)
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--host=$(HOST)
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--disable-shared --with-curses
   $(package)_config_opts_release=--disable-debug-mode
+  $(package)_config_opts_darwin+=RANLIB="$(host_prefix)/native/bin/x86_64-apple-darwin11-ranlib" AR="$(host_prefix)/native/bin/x86_64-apple-darwin11-ar" CC="$(host_prefix)/native/bin/$($(package)_cc)"
   $(package)_build_opts=CFLAGS="$($(package)_cflags) $($(package)_cppflags) -fPIC"
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
-  export bash_cv_have_mbstate_t=yes &&\
-  export bash_cv_wcwidth_broken=yes &&\
   ./configure $($(package)_config_opts)
 endef
 
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ define $(package)_build_cmds
 endef
 
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
-  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
+  $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) prefix=$(host_prefix) exec-prefix=$(host_prefix)
 endef
 
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/sodium-darwin.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/sodium-darwin.mk
index 8b6ee3f1d..9f11a9426 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/sodium-darwin.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/sodium-darwin.mk
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ endef
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
 endef
+
+define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
+  rm lib/*.la
+endef
+
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/sodium.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/sodium.mk
index 06aa8f874..b71f4383e 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/sodium.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/sodium.mk
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ endef
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
 endef
+
+define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
+  rm lib/*.la
+endef
+
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/unwind.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/unwind.mk
index 543f868a5..fddbd0561 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/unwind.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/unwind.mk
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@ define $(package)_stage_cmds
 endef
 
 define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
+  rm lib/*.la
 endef
+
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/zeromq.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
index 01146c26f..f17dbeebe 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
@@ -30,5 +30,7 @@ define $(package)_stage_cmds
 endef
 
 define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
-  rm -rf bin share
+  rm -rf bin share &&\
+  rm lib/*.la
 endef
+
diff --git a/contrib/depends/toolchain.cmake.in b/contrib/depends/toolchain.cmake.in
index ba9f5f939..ee0407a5e 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/toolchain.cmake.in
+++ b/contrib/depends/toolchain.cmake.in
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ SET(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} @prefix@/lib/pkgconfig)
 SET(LRELEASE_PATH @prefix@/native/bin CACHE FILEPATH "path to lrelease" FORCE)
 
 SET(Readline_ROOT_DIR @prefix@)
+SET(Readline_INCLUDE_DIR @prefix@/include)
+SET(Termcap_LIBRARY @prefix@/lib/libncurses.a)
 
 SET(LIBUNWIND_INCLUDE_DIR @prefix@/include)
 SET(LIBUNWIND_LIBRARIES @prefix@/lib/libunwind.a)