--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 dnl Checks for library functions.
 AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses,newwin)
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(COLS, tinfo)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread,pthread_create)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(c_r,pthread_create)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(dl,dlopen)