diff --git a/htop.changes b/htop.changes
index 00eff8a..7f87525 100644
--- a/htop.changes
+++ b/htop.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jul 30 17:25:43 UTC 2011 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Use --enable-unicode and switch to ncurses ABI v6 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 29 09:54:23 UTC 2010 - puzel@novell.com
 
diff --git a/htop.spec b/htop.spec
index a3cff4a..07fbedc 100644
--- a/htop.spec
+++ b/htop.spec
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ Authors:
 %patch0 -p0
 
 %build
+export CFLAGS="%{optflags} `ncursesw6-config --cflags`"
+export LDFLAGS="`ncursesw6-config --libs`"
 %configure \
+    --enable-unicode \
 	--enable-taskstats \
 	--enable-cgroup
 make %{?_smp_mflags}