--- irssi-0.8.15-orig/curses.m4	2010-04-04 02:19:58.000000000 +1000
+++ irssi-0.8.15/curses.m4	2014-03-02 13:06:29.834097805 +1100
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 
 	AC_SUBST(CURSES_LIBS)
 	AC_SUBST(CURSES_INCLUDEDIR)
+	AC_SUBST(NCURSES_LIBS)
 
 	AC_ARG_WITH(sco,
 	  [  --with-sco              Use this to turn on SCO-specific code],[
@@ -131,7 +132,8 @@
 	  if test x$withval = xno ; then
 		search_ncurses=false
 	  elif test x$withval != xyes ; then
-		AC_NCURSES($withval/include, ncurses.h, -L$withval/lib -lncurses, -I$withval/include, "ncurses on $withval/include")
+		NCURSES_LIBS="`pkg-config --libs-only-l ncurses`"
+		AC_NCURSES($withval/include, ncurses.h, -L$withval/lib "$NCURSES_LIBS", -I$withval/include, "ncurses on $withval/include")
 	  fi
 	)
 
@@ -230,8 +232,14 @@
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([AC_SEARCH_NCURSES], [
+    AC_SUBST(NCURSES_LIBS)
+    AC_SUBST(NCURSES_INCLUDES)
+    NCURSES_LIBS=`pkg-config --libs-only-l ncurses`
+    NCURSES_INCLUDES=`pkg-config --cflags-only-I ncurses`
     AC_CHECKING("location of ncurses.h file")
 
+    AC_NCURSES($NCURSES_INCLUDES, ncurses.h, $NCURSES_LIBS,,
+	       [ncurses in $NCURSES_INCLUDES])
     AC_NCURSES(/usr/include, ncurses.h, -lncurses,,
 	       [ncurses in /usr/include])
     AC_NCURSES(/usr/include/ncurses, ncurses.h, -lncurses, -I/usr/include/ncurses,