diff -rupN a/gtypist-2.9.2/configure.ac b/gtypist-2.9.2/configure.ac
--- a/gtypist-2.9.2/configure.ac	2011-11-20 18:27:02.000000000 -0500
+++ b/gtypist-2.9.2/configure.ac	2013-09-14 15:11:13.602569681 -0400
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ else
    exit 1;
 fi
 
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NCURSESW], [ncursesw])
+
 # Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 
 AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
diff -rupN a/gtypist-2.9.2/src/Makefile.am b/gtypist-2.9.2/src/Makefile.am
--- a/gtypist-2.9.2/src/Makefile.am	2011-10-31 20:13:02.000000000 -0400
+++ b/gtypist-2.9.2/src/Makefile.am	2013-09-14 15:14:28.595142540 -0400
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 bin_PROGRAMS = gtypist
 gtypist_SOURCES = gtypist.c cursmenu.c script.c error.c getopt.c getopt1.c \
 		cursmenu.h error.h getopt.h gettext.h gtypist.h script.h utf8.c utf8.h
-gtypist_LDADD = @LIBINTL@
+gtypist_LDADD = @LIBINTL@ @NCURSESW_LIBS@
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I../intl \
   -DDATADIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\" \