diff --git a/lib/tput.js b/lib/tput.js
index 0e6d32f..951d99a 100644
--- a/lib/tput.js
+++ b/lib/tput.js
@@ -791,7 +791,8 @@ Tput.prototype.parseTermcap = function(data) {
     , field
     , names
     , i
-    , j;
+    , j
+    , k;
 
   // remove escaped newlines
   data = data.replace(/\\\n[ \t]*/g, '');
@@ -810,14 +811,19 @@ Tput.prototype.parseTermcap = function(data) {
 
       if (j === 0) {
         names = field.split('|');
-        term = terms[names[0]] = {
+        term = {
           name: names[0],
           names: names,
           desc: names.pop()
         };
+
+        k = names.length;
+        while (k--) terms[names[k]] = term;
+
         term.bools = {};
         term.numbers = {};
         term.strings = {};
+
         continue;
       }