# fix tinfo handling (bug 529776)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0c4398a..097d1bd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dnl Checks for libraries.
 AC_SUBST(AX25_LIB)
 AC_SUBST(NCURSES_LIB)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(ax25, ax25_config_load_ports, AX25_LIB="-lax25", AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find the libax25 libraries; aborting))
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, initscr,NCURSES_LIB="-lncursesw", AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find the ncursesw library; aborting))
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ncursesw, ncursesw, [NCURSES_LIB="$ncursesw_LIBS"], AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find the ncursesw library; aborting))
 
 dnl Checks for working glibc 2.1 headers
 AC_CHECK_TYPES([struct ax25_fwd_struct], [],