diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a2660ead..a773aa0c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ AH_TEMPLATE(C_HEAVY_DEBUG,[Define to 1 to enable heavy debugging, also have to e
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-debug],[Enable debug mode]),[
    AC_CHECK_HEADER(curses.h,have_curses_h=yes,)
    AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, initscr, have_curses_lib=yes, , )
+   AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, initscr, have_ncurses_lib=yes, , )
    AC_CHECK_LIB(pdcurses, initscr, have_pdcurses_lib=yes, , )
 
    if test x$enable_debug = xno; then
@@ -161,6 +162,12 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-debug],[Enable debug mode]),[
      if test x$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="$LIBS -lncurses"
+     AC_DEFINE(C_DEBUG,1)
+     if test x$enable_debug = xheavy ; then 
+       AC_DEFINE(C_HEAVY_DEBUG,1)
+     fi
    elif test x$have_pdcurses_lib = xyes -a x$have_curses_h = xyes ; then
      LIBS="$LIBS -lpdcurses"
      AC_DEFINE(C_DEBUG,1)