diff --git a/NEWS.adoc b/NEWS.adoc
index c520c257f..9096b8a41 100644
--- a/NEWS.adoc
+++ b/NEWS.adoc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Bug fixes:
  - Fix keybinding with +[cmd] not triggering view refreshing. (#1324)
  - Fix reopening the blame view from the main view.
  - Fix editing when stdin is redirected. (#1330)
+ - Fix compilation warnings with ncurses 6.5.
 
 tig-2.5.9
 ---------
diff --git a/include/tig/tig.h b/include/tig/tig.h
index c830a897c..5bca4d518 100644
--- a/include/tig/tig.h
+++ b/include/tig/tig.h
@@ -39,10 +39,12 @@
 #endif
 
 /* necessary on Snow Leopard to use WINDOW struct */
+#if defined(NCURSES_VERSION_PATCH) && NCURSES_VERSION_PATCH < 20110226
 #ifdef NCURSES_OPAQUE
 #undef NCURSES_OPAQUE
 #endif
 #define NCURSES_OPAQUE 0
+#endif
 
 
 #include <assert.h>