--- ./setup.py	2019-10-01 22:34:52.456226899 +0000
+++ ./setup.py	2019-10-01 22:38:41.630904042 +0000
@@ -1377,6 +1377,8 @@
                 # _curses_panel.so must link with panelw.
                 panel_library = 'panelw'
             curses_libs = [curses_library]
+            if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'tinfo')):
+                curses_libs.append('tinfo')
             curses_incs = find_file('curses.h', inc_dirs,
                                     [os.path.join(d, 'ncursesw') for d in inc_dirs])
             exts.append( Extension('_curses', ['_cursesmodule.c'],