--- nmon-14g-orig.ebuild	2014-03-19 12:42:47.945969690 -0700
+++ nmon-14g.ebuild	2014-03-19 13:14:00.826920147 -0700
@@ -25,8 +25,22 @@
 }
 
 src_compile() {
+	# if ncurses is built with separate tinfo libs, then...
+	if has_version "sys-libs/ncurses[tinfo]" ; then
+		if has_version "sys-libs/ncurses[unicode]" ; then
+			CURSES_LIB="-lncursesw -ltinfow"
+		else
+			CURSES_LIB="-lncurses -ltinfo"
+		fi
+	else
+		if has_version "sys-libs/ncurses[unicode]" ; then
+			CURSES_LIB="-lncursesw"
+		else
+			CURSES_LIB="-lncurses"
+		fi
+	fi
 	append-cppflags -DJFS -DGETUSER -DLARGEMEM
-	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" LDLIBS="-lncurses" nmon
+	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" LDLIBS="${CURSES_LIB}" nmon
 }
 
 src_install() {