# fix tinof handling (bug 529776)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 AC_SUBST(AX25_LIB)
 AC_SUBST(NCURSES_LIB)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(ax25, ax25_config_load_ports, AX25_LIB="-lax25", AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find the libax25 libraries; aborting))
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, initscr,NCURSES_LIB="-lncurses", AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find the ncurses library; aborting))
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ncurses, ncurses, [NCURSES_LIB="$ncurses_LIBS"], AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find the ncurses library))
 
 dnl Checks for working glibc 2.1 headers
 AC_CHECK_TYPES([struct ax25_fwd_struct], [],