diff -ur a/configure.in b/configure.in
--- a/configure.in	2022-07-28 13:24:38.673242313 -0500
+++ b/configure.in	2022-07-28 13:27:43.726466613 -0500
@@ -94,11 +94,9 @@
              [AC_CHECK_LIB(popt, main)]
             )
 
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses,  
-             main, 
-             [], 
-             [AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, main)]
-            )
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NCURSES], [ncurses], [
+	LIBS="$NCURSES_LIBS $LIBS"
+], [:])
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB(smbclient, 
              main,