diff --git a/CRT.c b/CRT.c
index 16cfd63a..4bd409c1 100644
--- a/CRT.c
+++ b/CRT.c
@@ -836,7 +836,9 @@ void CRT_init(const Settings* settings, bool allowUnicode) {
    nonl();
    intrflush(stdscr, false);
    keypad(stdscr, true);
+#ifdef HAVE_GETMOUSE
    mouseinterval(0);
+#endif
    curs_set(0);
 
    if (has_colors()) {
@@ -910,10 +912,12 @@ void CRT_init(const Settings* settings, bool allowUnicode) {
 #endif
       CRT_treeStrAscii;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_GETMOUSE
 #if NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION > 1
    mousemask(BUTTON1_RELEASED | BUTTON4_PRESSED | BUTTON5_PRESSED, NULL);
 #else
    mousemask(BUTTON1_RELEASED, NULL);
+#endif
 #endif
 
    CRT_degreeSign = initDegreeSign();
diff --git a/InfoScreen.c b/InfoScreen.c
index 259ecee3..a62b7c0d 100644
--- a/InfoScreen.c
+++ b/InfoScreen.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ void InfoScreen_run(InfoScreen* this) {
          }
       }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_GETMOUSE
       if (ch == KEY_MOUSE) {
          MEVENT mevent;
          int ok = getmouse(&mevent);
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ void InfoScreen_run(InfoScreen* this) {
             #endif
          }
       }
+#endif
 
       if (this->inc->active) {
          IncSet_handleKey(this->inc, ch, panel, IncSet_getListItemValue, this->lines);
diff --git a/ScreenManager.c b/ScreenManager.c
index 8ec60119..c50d1c4a 100644
--- a/ScreenManager.c
+++ b/ScreenManager.c
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ void ScreenManager_run(ScreenManager* this, Panel** lastFocus, int* lastKey) {
       ch = getch();
 
       HandlerResult result = IGNORED;
+#ifdef HAVE_GETMOUSE
       if (ch == KEY_MOUSE && this->settings->enableMouse) {
          ch = ERR;
          MEVENT mevent;
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ void ScreenManager_run(ScreenManager* this, Panel** lastFocus, int* lastKey) {
             }
          }
       }
+#endif
       if (ch == ERR) {
          if (sortTimeout > 0)
             sortTimeout--;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bb92816f..be40187a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ if test "$my_htop_platform" = "solaris"; then
    AC_DEFINE([ERR], [(-1)], [Predefine ncurses macro.])
 fi
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS( [set_escdelay] )
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS( [getmouse] )
 
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([hwloc],