diff -up ncurses-5.9/misc/terminfo.src.kbs ncurses-5.9/misc/terminfo.src
--- ncurses-5.9/misc/terminfo.src.kbs	2013-05-13 11:17:28.074878157 +0200
+++ ncurses-5.9/misc/terminfo.src	2013-05-13 11:17:28.083878169 +0200
@@ -4748,7 +4748,7 @@ rxvt-basic|rxvt terminal base (X Window
 	enacs=\E(B\E)0, flash=\E[?5h\E[?5l, home=\E[H, ht=^I,
 	hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@, ich1=\E[@, il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L,
 	ind=^J, is1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l,
-	is2=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l, kbs=^H,
+	is2=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l,
 	kcbt=\E[Z, kmous=\E[M, rc=\E8, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM, rmacs=^O,
 	rmcup=\E[2J\E[?47l\E8, rmir=\E[4l, rmkx=\E>, rmso=\E[27m,
 	rmul=\E[24m,
@@ -4758,7 +4758,7 @@ rxvt-basic|rxvt terminal base (X Window
 	sgr=\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;m%?%p9%t\016%e\017%;,
 	sgr0=\E[0m\017, smacs=^N, smcup=\E7\E[?47h, smir=\E[4h,
 	smkx=\E=, smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g, use=vt100+enq,
-	use=rxvt+pcfkeys, use=vt220+keypad,
+	use=rxvt+pcfkeys, use=vt220+keypad, use=xterm+kbs,
 # Key Codes from rxvt reference:
 #
 # Note: Shift + F1-F10 generates F11-F20
@@ -5590,7 +5590,7 @@ screen|VT 100/ANSI X3.64 virtual termina
 	cvvis=\E[34l, dch=\E[%p1%dP, dch1=\E[P, dl=\E[%p1%dM,
 	dl1=\E[M, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K, el1=\E[1K, enacs=\E(B\E)0,
 	flash=\Eg, home=\E[H, ht=^I, hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@,
-	il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L, ind=^J, is2=\E)0, kbs=^H, kcbt=\E[Z,
+	il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L, ind=^J, is2=\E)0, kcbt=\E[Z,
 	kcub1=\EOD, kcud1=\EOB, kcuf1=\EOC, kcuu1=\EOA,
 	kdch1=\E[3~, kend=\E[4~, kf1=\EOP, kf10=\E[21~,
 	kf11=\E[23~, kf12=\E[24~, kf2=\EOQ, kf3=\EOR, kf4=\EOS,
@@ -5602,7 +5602,7 @@ screen|VT 100/ANSI X3.64 virtual termina
 	sgr=\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p1%t;3%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p3%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;m%?%p9%t\016%e\017%;,
 	sgr0=\E[m\017, smacs=^N, smcup=\E[?1049h, smir=\E[4h,
 	smkx=\E[?1h\E=, smso=\E[3m, smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g, E0=\E(B,
-	S0=\E(%p1%c, use=ecma+color,
+	S0=\E(%p1%c, use=ecma+color, use=xterm+kbs,
 # The bce and status-line entries are from screen 3.9.13 (and require some
 # changes to .screenrc).
 screen-bce|VT 100/ANSI X3.64 virtual terminal with bce,
@@ -5696,6 +5696,7 @@ screen.xterm-r6|screen customized for X1
 # on Solaris because Sun's curses implementation gets confused.
 screen.teraterm|disable ncv in teraterm,
 	ncv#127,
+	kbs=^H,
 	acsc=+\020\,\021-\030.^Y0\333`\004a\261f\370g\361h\260i\316j\331k\277l\332m\300n\305o~p\304q\304r\304s_t\303u\264v\301w\302x\263y\363z\362{\343|\330}\234~\376,
 	use=screen+fkeys, use=screen,
 # Other terminals