--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(select socket strerror strstr)
 
-AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, main, [LIBS=" -lcurses "], AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, main, [LIBS=" -lncurses "], AC_MSG_ERROR([No curses])))
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NCURSES], [ncurses])
+AC_SUBST([NCURSES_CFLAGS])
+AC_SUBST([NCURSES_LIBS])
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB(z, main, [LIBS=$LIBS" -lz "; AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ZLIB)], AC_MSG_WARN([No zlib - MCCP support will not be built]))
 
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 		common.h crystal.h grid.h io.h telnet.h wcwidth.c \
 	scripting.cc scripting.h
 
-man_MANS = crystal.6
+crystal_CPPFLAGS = $(NCURSES_CFLAGS)
+
+crystal_LDADD = $(NCURSES_LIBS)
+
+man_MANS = crystal-mud.6
 
 DEBDIST = README.Debian debian/changelog.real debian/compat debian/control debian/copyright debian/crystal-default.ex debian/crystal.substvars debian/docs debian/rules debian/watch.ex