--- dosbox-0.74_p20160629/configure.ac.orig	2019-12-02 19:49:08.754068956 +0300
+++ dosbox-0.74_p20160629/configure.ac	2019-12-02 21:02:20.511774608 +0300
@@ -209,33 +209,18 @@
 AH_TEMPLATE(C_DEBUG,[Define to 1 to enable internal debugger, requires libcurses])
 AH_TEMPLATE(C_HEAVY_DEBUG,[Define to 1 to enable heavy debugging, also have to enable C_DEBUG])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-debug],[Enable debug mode]),[
-   AC_CHECK_HEADER(curses.h,have_curses_h=yes,)
-   AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, initscr, have_curses_lib=yes, , )
-   AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, initscr, have_ncurses_lib=yes, , )
-   AC_CHECK_LIB(pdcurses, initscr, have_pdcurses_lib=yes, , )
-
    if test x$enable_debug = xno; then
      AC_MSG_RESULT([Debugger not enabled])
-   elif test x$have_curses_lib = xyes -a x$have_curses_h = xyes ; then
-     LIBS="$LIBS -lcurses"
-     AC_DEFINE(C_DEBUG,1)
-     if test x$enable_debug = xheavy ; then 
-       AC_DEFINE(C_HEAVY_DEBUG,1)
-     fi
-   elif test x$have_ncurses_lib = xyes -a x$have_curses_h = xyes ; then
-     LIBS="$LIBS -lncurses"
-     AC_DEFINE(C_DEBUG,1)
-     if test x$enable_debug = xheavy ; then 
-       AC_DEFINE(C_HEAVY_DEBUG,1)
-     fi
-   elif test x$have_pdcurses_lib = xyes -a x$have_curses_h = xyes ; then
-     LIBS="$LIBS -lpdcurses"
+   else
+     PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NCURSES,[ncurses], [], [
+       AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find curses, which is required for debug mode])
+     ])
+     LIBS="$LIBS $NCURSES_LIBS"
+     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $NCURSES_CFLAGS"
      AC_DEFINE(C_DEBUG,1)
      if test x$enable_debug = xheavy ; then 
        AC_DEFINE(C_HEAVY_DEBUG,1)
      fi
-   else 
-     AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find curses, which is required for debug mode])
    fi
 ],)