--- a/configure.ac	2017-08-01 06:05:40.000000000 -0500
+++ b/configure.ac	2018-06-18 15:57:12.547987194 -0500
@@ -79,10 +79,17 @@
 
 AC_SUBST(NET_LIBS, "${SOCKET_LIBS} ${NSL_LIBS}")
 
-AX_WITH_CURSES
-if test "x$ax_cv_curses" != xyes; then
-   AC_MSG_ERROR([requires an X/Open-compatible Curses library])
-fi
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CURSES],[ncursesw],[
+       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NCURSESW_CURSES_H, 1)
+       ],
+       [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CURSES],[ncurses],[
+               AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NCURSES_H, 1)
+               ],
+               [AX_WITH_CURSES()
+               if test "x$ax_cv_ncursesw" != xyes && test "x$ax_cv_ncurses" != xyes; then
+                       AC_MSG_ERROR([requires either NcursesW or Ncurses library])
+               fi])
+       ])
 
 # XXX: This _may_ be for OS/X
 AC_CHECK_LIBM
@@ -307,7 +314,7 @@
 LIBS="${LIBS} ${RT_LIBS}"
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([clock_gettime])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([gethrtime])
-LIBS="${save_LIBS}"
+LIBS="${save_LIBS} $CURSES_LIB $CURSES_LIBS"
 
 # --enable-kqueue
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(kqueue,