diff --git a/xemacs-tinfo.dif b/xemacs-tinfo.dif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32e716d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xemacs-tinfo.dif
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+--- configure.ac
++++ configure.ac	2011-11-22 14:21:37.303146192 +0000
+@@ -4946,15 +4946,30 @@ if test "$with_tty" = "yes"  ; then
+   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TTY)
+ 
+   dnl Autodetect ncurses.
++  cf_tgetent=""
+   if test -z "$with_ncurses"; then
+-    AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tgetent, with_ncurses=yes, with_ncurses=no)
++    with_ncurses=no;
++    for lib in tinfo ncurses ncursesw ; do
++	AC_CHECK_LIB($lib, tgetent, [with_ncurses=yes; cf_tgetent="$lib"; break])
++    done
+   fi
+   if test "$with_ncurses" = "yes"; then
++    if test x$cf_tgetent = x ; then
++      for lib in tinfo ncurses ncursesw ; do
++	AC_CHECK_LIB($lib, tgetent, [cf_tgetent="$lib"; break])
++      done
++    fi
+     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NCURSES)
+-    AC_CHECK_HEADER(ncurses/curses.h, curses_h_file=ncurses/curses.h)
+-    AC_CHECK_HEADER(ncurses/term.h, term_h_file=ncurses/term.h)
++    if test "$cf_tgetent" = ncursesw; then
++      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NCURSESW)
++      AC_CHECK_HEADER(ncursesw/curses.h, curses_h_file=ncursesw/curses.h)
++      AC_CHECK_HEADER(ncursesw/term.h, term_h_file=ncursesw/term.h)
++    else
++      AC_CHECK_HEADER(ncurses/curses.h, curses_h_file=ncurses/curses.h)
++      AC_CHECK_HEADER(ncurses/term.h, term_h_file=ncurses/term.h)
++    fi
+     XE_ADD_OBJS(terminfo.o)
+-    XE_PREPEND(-lncurses, LIBS)
++    XE_PREPEND(-l$cf_tgetent, LIBS)
+ 
+     if test "$ac_cv_header_ncurses_curses_h" != "yes" ; then
+       dnl Try again, and check for the bogus ncurses/ include bug.
+--- src/config.h.in
++++ src/config.h.in	2011-11-22 14:21:50.939646812 +0000
+@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ things are arranged in config.h.in.  In
+ 
+ /* Compile in support for ncurses?  */
+ #undef HAVE_NCURSES
++#undef HAVE_NCURSESW
+ /* Full #include file paths for ncurses' curses.h and term.h. */
+ #undef CURSES_H_FILE
+ #undef TERM_H_FILE
diff --git a/xemacs.changes b/xemacs.changes
index 708fad3..43cd2ef 100644
--- a/xemacs.changes
+++ b/xemacs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 22 14:24:50 UTC 2011 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Add patch to use libtinfo if available
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun  3 20:11:46 UTC 2011 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/xemacs.spec b/xemacs.spec
index c59f095..cf776b9 100644
--- a/xemacs.spec
+++ b/xemacs.spec
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Requires:       xemacs-info xemacs-packages ctags
 Conflicts:      gnuserv
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        21.5.29.b604d235f028
-Release:        10
+Release:        12
 Summary:        XEmacs
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 # Howto get the Mercurial tree of XEmacs:
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Patch32:        do-not-create-backups-in-temp-directories.patch
 Patch33:        set-locale-to-c-when-not-supported-by-x.patch
 Patch34:        suppress-warning-about-undefined-unicode-key-mappings.patch
 Patch38:        unitialized-variables.patch
+Patch39:        xemacs-tinfo.dif
 Patch41:        bugzilla-294746-set-language-unicode-precedence-list-at-startup.patch
 Patch42:        build-fix-ccl-load-problem.patch
 Patch43:        set-language-unicode-precedence-list.patch
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ echo Use xfs, that is XFontSet support for internationalized menubar.
 %patch33 -p1
 #%patch34 -p1
 %patch38 -p1
+%patch39 -p0
 #%patch40 -p1
 #%patch41 -p1
 #%patch42 -p1