diff --git a/acconfig.h b/acconfig.h
index c2b9ee33..e69d99c1 100644
--- a/acconfig.h
+++ b/acconfig.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 /* our own curses checks */
 #undef HAVE_NCURSES_USE_DEFAULT_COLORS
 #undef HAVE_CURSES_IDCOK
+#undef HAVE_CURSES_RESIZETERM
 
 /* nls */
 #undef ENABLE_NLS
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 63a64463..3ff146ff 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT(src)
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(irssi, 0.7.25)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(irssi, 0.7.26)
 
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
@@ -311,10 +311,16 @@ if test "x$want_textui" = "xyes"; then
 		AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, idcok, [
 			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CURSES_IDCOK)
 		],, $CURSES_LIBS)
+		AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, resizeterm, [
+			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CURSES_RESIZETERM)
+		],, $CURSES_LIBS)
 	else
 		AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, idcok, [
 			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CURSES_IDCOK)
 		],, $CURSES_LIBS)
+		AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, resizeterm, [
+			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CURSES_RESIZETERM)
+		],, $CURSES_LIBS)
 	fi
 
 	if test "$has_curses" != "true"; then