diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 32b60823..9aece663 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([ssl], [main], [],
     [AC_MSG_ERROR([openssl is required for profanity])])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([strophe], [main], [],
     [AC_MSG_ERROR([libstrophe is required for profanity])])
-AC_CHECK_LIB([ncursesw], [main], [],
-    [AC_MSG_ERROR([ncursesw is required for profanity])])
+AC_CHECK_LIB([ncurses], [main], [],
+    [AC_MSG_ERROR([ncurses is required for profanity])])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([glib-2.0], [main], [],
     [AC_MSG_ERROR([glib-2.0 is required for profanity])])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([curl], [main], [],