--- OpenIPMI-2.0.26/configure.ac
+++ OpenIPMI-2.0.26/configure.ac
@@ -763,10 +763,12 @@
    [epoll_pwait], [This platform supports epoll(7) with epoll_pwait(2)],
    [HAVE_EPOLL_PWAIT], [This platform supports epoll(7) with epoll_pwait(2).])
 
-AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, tgetent, TERM_LIBS=-lcurses,
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ncurses, ncurses, TERM_LIBS=$ncurses_LIBS,
+ [AC_CHECK_LIB(tinfo, tgetent, TERM_LIBS=-ltinfo,
+  [AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, tgetent, TERM_LIBS=-lcurses,
    [AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, tgetent, TERM_LIBS=-lncursesw,
     [AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tgetent, TERM_LIBS=-lncurses,
-      [AC_MSG_ERROR([libtermcap, libcurses or libncurses are required!])])] )] )
+     [AC_MSG_ERROR([libtinfo, libtermcap, libcurses or libncurses are required!])])] )] )] )] )
 AC_SUBST(TERM_LIBS)
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(cfmakeraw)