--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -810,7 +810,9 @@
 dnl switch to C for testing
 AC_LANG_C
 
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, main, termcap_library=ncurses,
+AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, main,
+	[termcap_library=ncurses]
+	AC_SEARCH_LIBS(tigetstr, tinfo),
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(termcap, main, termcap_library=termcap,
 		termcap_library=none))
 
@@ -821,6 +823,7 @@
 	        y | yes)
 		  AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 		  termcap_library=ncurses
+
 		;;
 
 		n | no)