diff --git a/RichString.c b/RichString.c
index 33f5880d..5b79d8cd 100644
--- a/RichString.c
+++ b/RichString.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ in the source distribution for its full text.
 #include <ncursesw/curses.h>
 #elif HAVE_NCURSES_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#elif HAVE_NCURSES_CURSES_H
+#include <ncurses/curses.h>
 #elif HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #elif HAVE_CURSES_H
diff --git a/RichString.h b/RichString.h
index f22692de..a9cb3f6e 100644
--- a/RichString.h
+++ b/RichString.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ in the source distribution for its full text.
 #include <ncursesw/curses.h>
 #elif HAVE_NCURSES_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#elif HAVE_NCURSES_CURSES_H
+#include <ncurses/curses.h>
 #elif HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #elif HAVE_CURSES_H
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ff6901b1..668a0953 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([m], [ceil], [], [missing_libraries="$missing_libraries libm"])
 # Checks for header files.
 AC_HEADER_DIRENT
 AC_HEADER_STDC
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdlib.h string.h strings.h sys/param.h sys/time.h unistd.h curses.h],[:],[
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdlib.h string.h strings.h sys/param.h sys/time.h unistd.h],[:],[
   missing_headers="$missing_headers $ac_header"
 ])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([execinfo.h],[:],[:])
@@ -94,11 +94,15 @@ if test "x$enable_unicode" = xyes; then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([You may want to use --disable-unicode or install libncursesw.])
    ])
    AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncursesw/curses.h],[:],
-        [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/ncurses.h],[:],
-          [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses.h],[:],[missing_headers="$missing_headers $ac_header"])])])
+      [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/ncurses.h],[:],
+         [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/curses.h],[:],
+            [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses.h],[:],[missing_headers="$missing_headers $ac_header"])])])])
 else
    AC_CHECK_LIB([ncurses], [refresh], [], [missing_libraries="$missing_libraries libncurses"])
-   AC_CHECK_HEADERS([curses.h],[:],[missing_headers="$missing_headers $ac_header"])
+   AC_CHECK_HEADERS([curses.h],[:],
+      [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/curses.h],[:],
+         [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/ncurses.h],[:],
+            [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses.h],[:],[missing_headers="$missing_headers $ac_header"])])])])
 fi
 
 if test ! -z "$missing_libraries"; then