diff --git a/Ports/less/package.sh b/Ports/less/package.sh
index 4fcfdc2093..59664655df 100755
--- a/Ports/less/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/less/package.sh
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@ https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-keyring.gpg gnu-keyring.gpg"
 depends="ncurses"
 auth_type="sig"
 auth_opts="--keyring ./gnu-keyring.gpg less-${version}.tar.gz.sig"
+
+post_configure() {
+    run_replace_in_file "s/#define HAVE_WCTYPE 1/\/* #undef HAVE_WCTYPE *\//" defines.h
+    run touch stamp-h # prevent config.status from overwriting our changes
+}