---
 m4.include/mc-with-screen-ncurses.m4 |   12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/m4.include/mc-with-screen-ncurses.m4
+++ b/m4.include/mc-with-screen-ncurses.m4
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ AC_DEFUN([mc_CHECK_NCURSES_BY_PATH], [
     fi
 
     if test x"$ac_ncurses_lib_path" != x; then
-        ac_ncurses_lib_path="-L"$ac_ncurses_lib_path
+        case $ac_ncurses_lib_path in
+        	/usr/lib*)
+        		ac_ncurses_lib_path=""
+        		;;
+        	*)
+        		ac_ncurses_lib_path="-L"$ac_ncurses_lib_path
+        		;;
+        esac
     fi
 
     saved_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
@@ -32,9 +39,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([mc_CHECK_NCURSES_BY_PATH], [
             if test x"$ac_ncurses_inc_path" = x; then
                 ac_ncurses_inc_path="-I/usr/include"
             fi
-            if test x"$ac_ncurses_lib_path" = x; then
-              ac_ncurses_lib_path="-L/usr/lib"
-            fi
             found_ncurses=yes
             AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NCURSES_NCURSES_H, 1,
                       [Define to 1 if you have the <ncurses/ncurses.h> header file.])