--- a/configure.in	1996-07-17 00:50:03.000000000 +0300
+++ b/configure.in	2013-03-06 15:09:29.579148360 +0200
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 
 dnl Checks for libraries.
-dnl Replace `main' with a function in -ltermcap:
-AC_CHECK_LIB(termcap, tputs)
+dnl Replace `main' with a function in -lncurses or -ltinfo
+AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tputs,,
+    [AC_CHECK_LIB(tinfo, tputs)])
 
 dnl Checks for header files.
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sgtty.h unistd.h libc.h termcap.h strings.h string.h dirent.h sys/ioctl.h)