diff --git a/package/libs/ncurses/Makefile b/package/libs/ncurses/Makefile
index cc1e960a0c..8c0bd690d1 100644
--- a/package/libs/ncurses/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/ncurses/Makefile
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ define Host/Compile
 	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/progs tic
 endef
 
-$(eval $(call HostBuild))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,terminfo))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libncurses))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libncurses-dev))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,terminfo))
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))
diff --git a/package/libs/readline/Makefile b/package/libs/readline/Makefile
index d41a6d74f4..37f39f8657 100644
--- a/package/libs/readline/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/readline/Makefile
@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@ define Package/libreadline/install
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/lib{history,readline}.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
 endef
 
-$(eval $(call HostBuild))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libreadline))
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))