--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -861,10 +861,11 @@
    *-sun-*) AC_DEFINE([_SUNOS], [], [Solaris's term.h does horrid things.]);;
 esac
 
-AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, tgetent, TERM_LIBS=-lcurses,
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ncurses, ncurses, TERM_LIBS=$ncurses_LIBS,
+ [AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, tgetent, TERM_LIBS=-lcurses,
    [AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, tgetent, TERM_LIBS=-lncursesw,
     [AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tgetent, TERM_LIBS=-lncurses,
-      [AC_MSG_ERROR([libtermcap, libcurses or libncurses are required!])])] )] )
+      [AC_MSG_ERROR([libtermcap, libcurses or libncurses are required!])])] )] )] )
 
 # Checks for header files.
 AC_FUNC_ALLOCA