--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 dnl AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AM_PROG_CC_STDC
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DURLVIEW -Dunix"
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ncurses,ncurses)
 AC_ARG_WITH(slang, [  --with-slang[=DIR]      use S-Lang instead of curses],
 	[AC_DEFINE(USE_SLANG)
 	if test $withval = yes -a -d ../slang; then
@@ -22,8 +24,7 @@
 		fi
 		LIBS="$LIBS -lslang -lm"
 	fi],
-
-	[AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, initscr, [LIBS="$LIBS -lncurses"], [LIBS="$LIBS -lcurses"])
+	[LIBS="$LIBS $ncurses_LIBS"
 	AC_CHECK_FUNCS(curs_set)
 	AC_CHECK_HEADERS(ncurses.h)
 	AC_CHECK_HEADER(ncurses/curses.h, [CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/include/ncurses"])])