diff -Naur tiptop-2.3.1-orig/configure tiptop-2.3.1/configure
--- tiptop-2.3.1-orig/configure	2017-10-08 10:24:46.000000000 +0200
+++ tiptop-2.3.1/configure	2019-02-07 16:17:15.101075423 +0100
@@ -3440,7 +3440,7 @@
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lcurses  $LIBS"
+LIBS="$(pkg-config --libs ncurses) $LIBS"
 cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 
@@ -3475,7 +3475,7 @@
 
 $as_echo "#define HAVE_LIBCURSES 1" >>confdefs.h
 
-                  LIBS="-lcurses $LIBS"
+                  LIBS="$(pkg-config --libs ncurses) $LIBS"
 else
   have_curses=no
 fi
diff -Naur tiptop-2.3.1-orig/configure.ac tiptop-2.3.1/configure.ac
--- tiptop-2.3.1-orig/configure.ac	2017-10-08 10:24:46.000000000 +0200
+++ tiptop-2.3.1/configure.ac	2019-02-07 16:03:39.700931354 +0100
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 AC_CHECK_LIB([curses], [initscr],
                   [have_curses=yes;
                   AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBCURSES], [1], [Define to 1 if you have the `curses' library (-lcurses).])
-                  LIBS="-lcurses $LIBS"],
+                  LIBS="$(pkg-config --libs ncurses) $LIBS"],
              [have_curses=no])
 fi