diff --git a/mingw-w64-ncurses/003-win_driver-backspace-fix.patch b/mingw-w64-ncurses/003-win_driver-backspace-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..57a74ac0d4def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-ncurses/003-win_driver-backspace-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+diff -ru ncurses-6.4-20230211/ncurses/win32con/win_driver.c ncurses-6.4-20230211-fixed/ncurses/win32con/win_driver.c
+--- ncurses-6.4-20230211/ncurses/win32con/win_driver.c	2023-02-12 03:31:33 +0000
++++ ncurses-6.4-20230211-fixed/ncurses/win32con/win_driver.c	2023-06-10 23:24:54 +0000
+@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@
+     GenMap(VK_RIGHT, KEY_RIGHT),
+     GenMap(VK_DOWN, KEY_DOWN),
+     GenMap(VK_DELETE, KEY_DC),
+-    GenMap(VK_INSERT, KEY_IC)
++    GenMap(VK_INSERT, KEY_IC),
++	GenMap(VK_BACK, KEY_BACKSPACE)
+ };
+ static const LONG ansi_keys[] =
+ {
+@@ -1570,7 +1571,12 @@
+ 				char ch = inp_rec.Event.KeyEvent.uChar.AsciiChar;
+ 
+ 				if (inp_rec.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown) {
+-				    if (0 == ch) {
++					/*
++	 				 * Windows console reports VK_BACK together with an ASCII
++	 				 * character 0x7F (DEL), we we have to prefer VK in this case
++	 				 * in order to report a correct event to an app.
++	 				 */
++				    if (0 == ch || vk == VK_BACK) {
+ 					int nKey = MapKey(vk);
+ 					if (nKey < 0) {
+ 					    CONSUME();
+@@ -2135,7 +2141,7 @@
+ 			vk = (WORD) (vk + 12);
+ 		    }
+ 		}
+-		if (*buf == 0) {
++		if (*buf == 0 || vk == VK_BACK) {
+ 		    int key = MapKey(vk);
+ 		    if (key < 0)
+ 			continue;
diff --git a/mingw-w64-ncurses/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-ncurses/PKGBUILD
index e344296e52d4d..e8b409f5b472f 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-ncurses/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-ncurses/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
 _base_ver=6.4
 _date_rev=20230211
 pkgver=${_base_ver}.${_date_rev}
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw32' 'mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clang32' 'clangarm64')
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ options=('staticlibs' 'strip')
 # https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-${pkgver}.tar.gz{,.sig}
 source=("https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/current/${_realname}-${_base_ver}-${_date_rev}.tgz"{,.asc}
         002-ncurses-config-win-paths.patch
+        003-win_driver-backspace-fix.patch
         ncurses-6.3-cflags-private.patch
         ncurses-6.3-pkgconfig.patch)
 sha256sums=('657d41b7340c5ac5362ae84ba1ece70c385250dc16a467d6ec748bc1b372e280'
             'SKIP'
             '5367d8f49aff92884b9daa014502df13e1812f1b7ee1b3a3cb18139f10039408'
+            '5bcec9396ae6a9ea9e62eed23f5e95a3911b250ca2e0f1277187e4270d2ec90e'
             '3107029dfb807e338d34641d78329cd6725c58e6b873352621f4b9611a8380bf'
             'b8544a607dfbeffaba2b087f03b57ed1fa81286afca25df65f61b04b5f3b3738')
 validpgpkeys=('19882D92DDA4C400C22C0D56CC2AF4472167BE03')  # "Thomas E. Dickey (self-signed w/o SHA1) <dickey@invisible-island.net>"
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ validpgpkeys=('19882D92DDA4C400C22C0D56CC2AF4472167BE03')  # "Thomas E. Dickey (
 prepare() {
   cd ${_realname}-${_base_ver}-${_date_rev}
   patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/002-ncurses-config-win-paths.patch
+  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/003-win_driver-backspace-fix.patch
 
   # do not leak build-time LDFLAGS into the pkgconfig files:
   # https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/68523