diff --git a/ports/libmysql/CONTROL b/ports/libmysql/CONTROL
index 007718af75abe5..a6f97e1fe2ee27 100644
--- a/ports/libmysql/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/libmysql/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: libmysql
-Version: 8.0.4-3
+Version: 8.0.4-4
 Build-Depends: boost-algorithm, boost-geometry, boost-optional, boost-functional, boost-graph, openssl, icu, libevent, liblzma, lz4, zlib
 Description: A MySQL client library for C development.
diff --git a/ports/libmysql/linux_libmysql.patch b/ports/libmysql/linux_libmysql.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..42dfa73d8d5782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/libmysql/linux_libmysql.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/configure.cmake b/configure.cmake
+index 1f3d8e2..9e45f48 100644
+--- a/configure.cmake
++++ b/configure.cmake
+@@ -456,7 +456,11 @@ IF(NOT HAVE_FCNTL_NONBLOCK)
+ ENDIF()
+ 
+ IF(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT MSVC)
+-  STRING(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}  processor)
++  IF(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR})
++    STRING(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} processor)
++  ELSE()
++    STRING(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} processor)
++  ENDIF()
+   IF(processor MATCHES "86" OR processor MATCHES "amd64" OR processor MATCHES "x64")
+     IF(NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "SunOS")
+       # The loader in some Solaris versions has a bug due to which it refuses to
+
diff --git a/ports/libmysql/portfile.cmake b/ports/libmysql/portfile.cmake
index dfd38c41c0158c..e179ca714a59a0 100644
--- a/ports/libmysql/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libmysql/portfile.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ if(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86" AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME OR CMAKE_S
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Oracle has dropped support in libmysql for 32-bit Windows.")
 endif()
 
+if (VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+    message(WARNING "libmysql needs ncurses on LINUX, please install ncurses first.\nOn Debian/Ubuntu, package name is libncurses5-dev, on Redhat and derivates it is ncurses-devel.")
+endif()
+
 include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 
 vcpkg_from_github(
@@ -18,13 +22,10 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     REF mysql-8.0.4
     SHA512 8d9129e7670e88df14238299052a5fe6d4f3e40bf27ef7a3ca8f4f91fb40507b13463e9bd24435b34e5d06c5d056dfb259fb04e77cc251b188eea734db5642be
     HEAD_REF master
-)
-
-vcpkg_apply_patches(
-    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
     PATCHES
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/ignore-boost-version.patch
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/system-libs.patch
+        ignore-boost-version.patch
+        system-libs.patch
+        linux_libmysql.patch
 )
 
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${SOURCE_PATH}/include/boost_1_65_0)
@@ -100,13 +101,13 @@ else()
         ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/mysqlclient.lib
         ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/mysqlclient.lib)
 
-    # correct the dll directory
+    # correct the dll directory
     if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE OR VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "release")
         file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin)
         file (RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/libmysql.dll ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/libmysql.dll)
         file (RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/libmysql.pdb ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/libmysql.pdb)
     endif()
-
+
     if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE OR VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "debug")
         file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin)
         file (RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/libmysql.dll ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/libmysql.dll)
@@ -120,4 +121,4 @@ file(WRITE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/mysql/mysql_com.h "${_contents}")
 
 # copy license
 file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/libmysql)
-file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/libmysql/LICENSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/libmysql/copyright)
\ No newline at end of file
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/libmysql/LICENSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/libmysql/copyright)