diff --git a/procps-3.2.8-tinfo.dif b/procps-3.2.8-tinfo.dif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..325b8cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/procps-3.2.8-tinfo.dif
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- Makefile
++++ Makefile	2011-11-22 13:36:47.115145920 +0000
+@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),tar)
+ ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),extratar)
+ ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),beta)
+ 
++# This macro gcc_library checks for a specifig library
++gcc_library = $(shell if $(CC) dummy.c -o /dev/null -l$(1:lib%=%) > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo "-l$(1:lib%=%)"; else echo "$(2)"; fi)
++
++ifneq ($(call gcc_library,libtinfo),)
++CURSES += -ltinfo
++endif
++
+ # Unlike the kernel one, this check_gcc goes all the way to
+ # producing an executable. There might be a -m64 that works
+ # until you go looking for a 64-bit curses library.
diff --git a/procps.changes b/procps.changes
index 02d009a..c074cb2 100644
--- a/procps.changes
+++ b/procps.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 22 13:43:26 UTC 2011 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Add patch to use libtinfo if available
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 20 09:38:08 UTC 2011 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/procps.spec b/procps.spec
index 9bd798e..8cdefaa 100644
--- a/procps.spec
+++ b/procps.spec
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ Patch39:        procps-3.2.8-implement-pattern-option.diff
 Patch40:        procps-3.2.8-read-sysctls-also-from-boot-sysctl.conf-kernelversion.diff
 Patch41:        procps-3.2.7-petabytes.patch
 Patch42:        procps-3.2.7-large_pcpu.patch
+Patch43:        procps-3.2.8-tinfo.dif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch40 -p1
 %patch41 -p1
 %patch42 -p1
+%patch43
 
 %build
 make %{?_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="-Wall -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 $RPM_OPT_FLAGS -pipe" \