--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([socket], [socket])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_addr], [nsl])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([attron], [ncurses])
-AC_SEARCH_LIBS([tgetstr], [termcap])
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([tgetstr], [tinfo termcap])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([mvprintw], [curses ncurses] ,
     [] ,
     [