--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@
 			AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses.h],,[ncurses_found=no])
 			if test "$ncurses_found" = yes
 			then
-				AC_CHECK_LIB([ncurses],[tputs],,[ncurses_found=no])
+				AC_CHECK_LIB([tinfo],[tputs],,
+					AC_CHECK_LIB([ncurses],[tputs],,[ncurses_found=no]))
 				if test "$ncurses_found" = yes
 				then
 					AC_DEFINE(BLASSIC_CONFIG_USE_NCURSES)