diff --git a/llvm-build/cross_toolchain_builder.py b/llvm-build/cross_toolchain_builder.py
index 24b573d4b89c16cccbd75507755e9bfe9853fb61..5caca6445cbaa8a7832ed26d0454383641174f24 100644
--- a/llvm-build/cross_toolchain_builder.py
+++ b/llvm-build/cross_toolchain_builder.py
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ class CrossToolchainBuilder:
         return lldb_defines
 
     def _build_and_install(self, build_target):
-        if self._build_config.build_ncurses:
-            self._llvm_libs.build_ncurses(self._llvm_path, self._llvm_install, self._llvm_triple)
         if self._build_config.build_libxml2:
             self._llvm_libs.build_libxml2(self._llvm_triple, self._llvm_path, self._llvm_install)
+        if self._build_config.build_ncurses:
+            self._llvm_libs.build_ncurses(self._llvm_path, self._llvm_install, self._llvm_triple)
         if self._build_config.build_libedit:
             self._llvm_libs.build_libedit(self._llvm_path, self._llvm_install, self._llvm_triple)
         if self._build_config.build_python: