diff --git a/libtinfo.diff b/libtinfo.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbadf80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libtinfo.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+--- aclocal.m4
++++ aclocal.m4	2011-11-17 09:31:16.663145702 +0000
+@@ -621,10 +621,10 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK(for $cf_test_message func
+ cf_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+ cf_cv_lib_tgetent=no
+ if test "$cf_full_tgetent" = yes ; then
+-	cf_TERMLIB="otermcap termcap termlib ncurses curses"
++	cf_TERMLIB="otermcap termcap termlib tinfo ncurses curses"
+ 	cf_TERMTST="buffer[[0]] == 0"
+ else
+-	cf_TERMLIB="termlib ncurses curses"
++	cf_TERMLIB="termlib tinfo ncurses curses"
+ 	cf_TERMTST="0"
+ fi
+ for cf_termlib in '' $cf_TERMLIB ; do
+--- configure
++++ configure	2011-11-17 09:47:29.795646131 +0000
+@@ -5600,10 +5600,10 @@ else
+ cf_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+ cf_cv_lib_tgetent=no
+ if test "$cf_full_tgetent" = yes ; then
+-	cf_TERMLIB="otermcap termcap termlib ncurses curses"
++	cf_TERMLIB="otermcap termcap termlib tinfo ncurses curses"
+ 	cf_TERMTST="buffer[0] == 0"
+ else
+-	cf_TERMLIB="termlib ncurses curses"
++	cf_TERMLIB="termlib tinfo ncurses curses"
+ 	cf_TERMTST="0"
+ fi
+ for cf_termlib in '' $cf_TERMLIB ; do
diff --git a/xterm.changes b/xterm.changes
index f74aa6e..fdd962e 100644
--- a/xterm.changes
+++ b/xterm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 17 10:54:07 UTC 2011 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Use libtinfo if available otherwise libncurses (required due
+  bnc #729226) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 19 01:47:15 UTC 2011 - pcerny@suse.com
 
diff --git a/xterm.spec b/xterm.spec
index 36a7212..a6e6463 100644
--- a/xterm.spec
+++ b/xterm.spec
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Patch2:         p_xterm-sigwinch.diff
 Patch3:         bug-246573-tentative-patch.diff
 Patch4:         desktop.diff
 Patch5:         xterm-disallow-window-and-fonts-ops.patch
+Patch6:         libtinfo.diff
 Patch293793:    bugzilla-293793-do-not-insist-on-iso8859-fonts-for-the-menu.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ This package contains the basic X.Org terminal program.
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p0
 %patch5 -p0
+%patch6 -p0
 %patch293793 -p1
 cp $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/*bdf.bz2 .
 bunzip2 *.bdf.bz2