--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 ])
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, main,, AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, main,, AC_MSG_ERROR(The ncurses terminal library is required in order to build the program)))
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(stdscr,tinfo)
 
 #AC_CHECK_LIB(ghttp, ghttp_request_new,,
 #    [AC_MSG_WARN(libghttp not found - the support for CDDB is be disabled)])