--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -182,9 +182,11 @@
 AC_CHECK_LIB(pcap, pcap_open_live, , AC_MSG_ERROR([ERROR - pcap check failed]))
 AC_CHECK_LIB(net, libnet_init, , AC_MSG_ERROR([ERROR - libnet check failed]))
 AC_CHECK_LIB(cap, cap_init, , AC_MSG_WARN([libcap check failed]))
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, initscr, , AC_MSG_WARN([ncurses check failed]))
-AC_CHECK_LIB(curses,  initscr, , AC_MSG_WARN([curses check failed]))
-AC_CHECK_LIB(termcap, tgetent)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ncurses,ncurses,
+	LIBS="$LIBS $ncurses_LIBS"
+	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_NCURSES_H], 1, [We have ncurses headers])
+	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBNCURSES], 1, [We have ncurses libraries]),
+	AC_MSG_ERROR([ncurses check failed]))
 if test "x$dmalloc_test" = "xyes"; then
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(dmalloc, malloc, ,AC_MSG_RESULT([dmalloc unavailable]))
 fi