diff --git a/InfoScreen.c b/InfoScreen.c
index 8f575232..259ecee3 100644
--- a/InfoScreen.c
+++ b/InfoScreen.c
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ void InfoScreen_run(InfoScreen* this) {
       if (this->inc->active) {
          (void) move(LINES - 1, CRT_cursorX);
       }
+#ifdef HAVE_SET_ESCDELAY
       set_escdelay(25);
+#endif
       int ch = getch();
 
       if (ch == ERR) {
diff --git a/ScreenManager.c b/ScreenManager.c
index 6e7551fe..8ec60119 100644
--- a/ScreenManager.c
+++ b/ScreenManager.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Released under the GNU GPLv2, see the COPYING file
 in the source distribution for its full text.
 */
 
+#include "config.h" // IWYU pragma: keep
+
 #include "ScreenManager.h"
 
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -164,7 +166,9 @@ void ScreenManager_run(ScreenManager* this, Panel** lastFocus, int* lastKey) {
       }
 
       int prevCh = ch;
+#ifdef HAVE_SET_ESCDELAY
       set_escdelay(25);
+#endif
       ch = getch();
 
       HandlerResult result = IGNORED;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ec2222d7..8431242f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ if test "$my_htop_platform" = "solaris"; then
    # Since ncruses macros use the ERR macro, we can not use another name.
    AC_DEFINE([ERR], [(-1)], [Predefine ncurses macro.])
 fi
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS( [set_escdelay] )
 
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([hwloc],