diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 09591039..8f3e64bf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -216,14 +216,14 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-debug],[Enable debug mode]),[
 
    if test x$enable_debug = xno; then
      AC_MSG_RESULT([Debugger not enabled])
-   elif test x$have_curses_lib = xyes -a x$have_curses_h = xyes ; then
-     LIBS="$LIBS -lcurses"
+   elif test x$have_ncurses_lib = xyes -a x$have_curses_h = xyes ; then
+     LIBS="$LIBS -lncurses"
      AC_DEFINE(C_DEBUG,1)
      if test x$enable_debug = xheavy ; then 
        AC_DEFINE(C_HEAVY_DEBUG,1)
      fi
-   elif test x$have_ncurses_lib = xyes -a x$have_curses_h = xyes ; then
-     LIBS="$LIBS -lncurses"
+   elif test x$have_curses_lib = xyes -a x$have_curses_h = xyes ; then
+     LIBS="$LIBS -lcurses"
      AC_DEFINE(C_DEBUG,1)
      if test x$enable_debug = xheavy ; then 
        AC_DEFINE(C_HEAVY_DEBUG,1)