--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1203,7 +1203,8 @@
 fi
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(ncurses.h)
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, curs_set, [NCURSES_LIBS="-lncurses"])
+AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, endwin, [NCURSES_LIBS="-lncurses"])
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(curs_set, tinfo ncurses, [NCURSES_LIBS="$NCURSES_LIBS $ac_res"])
 have_ncurses=no
 if test x$NCURSES_LIBS = x-lncurses; then
    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NCURSES, 1, [Defined to 1 if libncurses was found])