--- configure
+++ configure
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@
 #include <curses.h>
 int main(void) { return curses_version(); }
 EOF
-  if $cc $ARCH_CFLAGS -o $TMPE $TMPC -lcurses > /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
+  if $cc $ARCH_CFLAGS -o $TMPE $TMPC -lncurses > /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
     curses=yes
   fi
 fi # test "$curses"
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@
 if test "$curses" = "yes" ; then
   echo "#define CONFIG_CURSES 1" >> $config_h
   echo "CONFIG_CURSES=yes" >> $config_mak
-  echo "CURSES_LIBS=-lcurses" >> $config_mak
+  echo "CURSES_LIBS=-lncurses" >> $config_mak
 fi
 if test "$brlapi" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_BRLAPI=yes" >> $config_mak