diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm/llvm-19.0.1-ncurses-termlib.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm/llvm-19.0.1-ncurses-termlib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e53341a742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm/llvm-19.0.1-ncurses-termlib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+commit 5053d62162ad01d78da42a405f683aaf53c5724e
+Author: Satish Balay <balay@mcs.anl.gov>
+Date:   Tue Sep 24 15:18:47 2024 -0500
+
+    llvm: patch to work when ncurses is built with --with-termlib [i.e. ncurses~termlib]
+
+diff --git a/lldb/cmake/modules/FindCursesAndPanel.cmake b/lldb/cmake/modules/FindCursesAndPanel.cmake
+index aaadf214b..98242cdf5 100644
+--- a/lldb/cmake/modules/FindCursesAndPanel.cmake
++++ b/lldb/cmake/modules/FindCursesAndPanel.cmake
+@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
+ # FindCursesAndPanel
+ # -----------
+ #
+-# Find the curses and panel library as a whole.
++# Find the curses tinfo and panel library as a whole.
+ 
+-if(CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS AND CURSES_LIBRARIES AND PANEL_LIBRARIES)
++if(CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS AND CURSES_LIBRARIES AND TINFO_LIBRARIES AND PANEL_LIBRARIES)
+   set(CURSESANDPANEL_FOUND TRUE)
+ else()
+   find_package(Curses QUIET)
++  find_library(TINFO_LIBRARIES NAMES tinfo DOC "The curses tinfo library" QUIET)
+   find_library(PANEL_LIBRARIES NAMES panel DOC "The curses panel library" QUIET)
+   include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+   find_package_handle_standard_args(CursesAndPanel
+@@ -16,9 +17,10 @@ else()
+                                     REQUIRED_VARS
+                                       CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS
+                                       CURSES_LIBRARIES
++                                      TINFO_LIBRARIES
+                                       PANEL_LIBRARIES)
+-  if(CURSES_FOUND AND PANEL_LIBRARIES)
+-    mark_as_advanced(CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS CURSES_LIBRARIES PANEL_LIBRARIES)
++  if(CURSES_FOUND AND TINFO_LIBRARIES AND PANEL_LIBRARIES)
++    mark_as_advanced(CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS CURSES_LIBRARIES TINFO_LIBRARIES PANEL_LIBRARIES)
+   endif()
+ endif()
+ 
+diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/source/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+index dbc620b91..83003818d 100644
+--- a/lldb/source/Core/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/lldb/source/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ set(LLDB_CURSES_LIBS)
+ set(LLDB_LIBEDIT_LIBS)
+ 
+ if (LLDB_ENABLE_CURSES)
+-  list(APPEND LLDB_CURSES_LIBS ${PANEL_LIBRARIES} ${CURSES_LIBRARIES})
++  list(APPEND LLDB_CURSES_LIBS ${PANEL_LIBRARIES} ${CURSES_LIBRARIES} ${TINFO_LIBRARIES})
+   if (LLVM_BUILD_STATIC)
+     list(APPEND LLDB_CURSES_LIBS gpm)
+   endif()
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm/package.py
index cfafca3abf7..dc293591700 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm/package.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class Llvm(CMakePackage, CudaPackage, LlvmDetection, CompilerPackage):
         depends_on("libedit")
         depends_on("libxml2")
         depends_on("lua@5.3", when="+lua")  # purposefully not a range
-        depends_on("ncurses~termlib", when="@19:")
+        depends_on("ncurses")
         depends_on("ncurses", when="@:19")
         depends_on("py-six", when="+python")
         depends_on("swig", when="+lua")
@@ -428,6 +428,12 @@ class Llvm(CMakePackage, CudaPackage, LlvmDetection, CompilerPackage):
     # Fixed in upstream versions of both
     conflicts("^cmake@3.19.0", when="@6:11.0.0")
 
+    # llvm-19.0.1
+    patch(
+        "llvm-19.0.1-ncurses-termlib.patch",
+        when="@19: ^ncurses+termlib"
+    )
+
     # Fix lld templates: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230463
     patch(
         "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/f8f9333d8e1e5a7a6b28c5ef0ca73785db06136e/devel/llvm50/files/lld/patch-tools_lld_ELF_Symbols.cpp",