diff --git a/cmake/ConkyBuildOptions.cmake b/cmake/ConkyBuildOptions.cmake
index 35126468..0187d7f4 100644
--- a/cmake/ConkyBuildOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ConkyBuildOptions.cmake
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ option(BUILD_BUILTIN_CONFIG "Enable builtin default configuration" true)
 option(BUILD_MATH "Enable math support" true)
 
 option(BUILD_NCURSES "Enable ncurses support" true)
+if(BUILD_NCURSES)
+	option(LEAKFREE_NCURSES "Enable to hide false ncurses-memleaks in valgrind (works only when ncurses is compiled with --disable-leaks)" false)
+else(BUILD_NCURSES)
+	set(LEAKFREE_NCURSES false CACHE BOOL "Enable to hide false ncurses-memleaks in valgrind (works only when ncurses is compiled with --disable-leaks)" FORCE)
+endif(BUILD_NCURSES)
 
 option(BUILD_X11 "Build X11 support" true)
 if(BUILD_X11)
diff --git a/cmake/config.h.in b/cmake/config.h.in
index 070872b8..fad59201 100644
--- a/cmake/config.h.in
+++ b/cmake/config.h.in
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 #cmakedefine BUILD_BUILTIN_CONFIG 1
 
 #cmakedefine BUILD_NCURSES 1
+#cmakedefine LEAKFREE_NCURSES 1
 
 #cmakedefine BUILD_APCUPSD 1
 
diff --git a/src/conky.cc b/src/conky.cc
index 2f6ff6c4..c9b0ac2c 100644
--- a/src/conky.cc
+++ b/src/conky.cc
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #ifdef BUILD_NCURSES
 #include <ncurses.h>
-#ifdef DEBUG
+#ifdef LEAKFREE_NCURSES
 #include "nc.h"
 #endif
 #endif
@@ -4344,7 +4344,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	kvm_close(kd);
 #endif
 
-#if defined(BUILD_NCURSES) && defined(DEBUG)
+#ifdef LEAKFREE_NCURSES
 	_nc_free_and_exit(0);	//hide false memleaks
 #endif
 	return 0;