diff --git a/src/fallback.h b/src/fallback.h
index d3c624f98..108e416fe 100644
--- a/src/fallback.h
+++ b/src/fallback.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int fish_mkstemp_cloexec(char *);
 /// Under curses, tputs expects an int (*func)(char) as its last parameter, but in ncurses, tputs
 /// expects a int (*func)(int) as its last parameter. tputs_arg_t is defined to always be what tputs
 /// expects. Hopefully.
-#ifdef NCURSES_VERSION
+#if defined(NCURSES_VERSION) || defined(__NetBSD__)
 typedef int tputs_arg_t;
 #else
 typedef char tputs_arg_t;