diff --git a/ncurses.changes b/ncurses.changes
index 659ef91..3c720d7 100644
--- a/ncurses.changes
+++ b/ncurses.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr  7 08:42:40 UTC 2020 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
+
+- Add check for wide character support in libncursesw 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr  6 10:31:47 UTC 2020 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/ncurses.spec b/ncurses.spec
index e65f32d..97da19d 100644
--- a/ncurses.spec
+++ b/ncurses.spec
@@ -1062,6 +1062,7 @@ includedir5=%{_incdir}/ncurses5' "$pc"
 %check
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%{buildroot}/%{_lib}:%{buildroot}%{_libdir}
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+nm -D %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/libncursesw.so.%{basevers} | grep -q in_wch
 %if %{with onlytinfo}
 nm -D %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/libtinfo.so.%{basevers} | grep -q _nc_read_entry2
 %endif