diff --git a/misc/terminfo.src b/misc/terminfo.src

index 080b46d..bd5589a 100644

--- a/misc/terminfo.src

+++ b/misc/terminfo.src

@@ -5477,6 +5477,7 @@ xterm-24|vs100|xterms|xterm terminal emulator (X Window System),

 # This is xterm for ncurses.

 xterm|xterm terminal emulator (X Window System),

+	kbs=\177,

 	use=xterm-new,

 # This entry assumes that xterm's handling of VT100 SI/SO is disabled by

diff --git a/ncurses/tinfo/access.c b/ncurses/tinfo/access.c

index a735db2..72c37ba 100644

--- a/ncurses/tinfo/access.c

+++ b/ncurses/tinfo/access.c

@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ _nc_is_file_path(const char *path)

 #endif

 #ifndef USE_ROOT_ENVIRON

+extern int __libc_enable_secure;

 /*

  * Returns true if we allow application to use environment variables that are

  * used for searching lists of directories, etc.

@@ -213,6 +214,8 @@ _nc_env_access(void)

 {

     int result = TRUE;

+    if (__libc_enable_secure)

+	return FALSE;

     if (is_elevated()) {

 	result = FALSE;

     } else if ((getuid() == ROOT_UID) || (geteuid() == ROOT_UID)) {