diff --git a/conf/tmux-old-ncurses.bash b/conf/tmux-old-ncurses.bash
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..744688c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/tmux-old-ncurses.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Intended for systems with ncurses < 6 which is missing TERMINFO
+# for tmux-256color.
+if [[ $TERM == 'tmux-256color' ]]; then
+    export TERM=screen-256color
+fi
diff --git a/conf/tmux.conf b/conf/tmux.conf
index c9427479..b47d7371 100644
--- a/conf/tmux.conf
+++ b/conf/tmux.conf
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ set -g base-index 1
 bind-key 0 select-window -t :10
 
 # Terminal supports 256colors
-# This should be tmux-256color since ncurses 6.0, consider changing it
-# when ncurses 6.0 hits Debian Stable or is in all systems I have access
-# to.
-set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
+# In case of older ncurses than 6 / terminfo problems, put the
+# tmux-old-ncurses.bash to ~/.custom or somewhere it gets read on shell
+# startup.
+set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"
 
 # Terminal emulator window titles
 set -g set-titles on