--- a/macros/configure.in
+++ b/macros/configure.in
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ AC_SUBST(STATIC_LDFLAGS)
 AC_DEFINE(_GNU_SOURCE)
 
 dnl Must use builtin() as it is overridden by some AC_ macros
-builtin(include,./curses.m4)
 builtin(include,./misctests.m4)
 
 dnl Search for ncurses by default
@@ -187,7 +186,10 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(gpm,
 dnl ------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl  Search for some version of curses
 dnl ------------------------------------------------------------------
-AC_CHECK_CURSES
+has_curses=false
+AC_SUBST(CURSES_INCLUDEDIR)
+AC_SUBST(CURSES_LIBS)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ncurses, ncurses, [CURSES_LIBS="$ncurses_LIBS" CURSES_INCLUDEDIR="$ncurses_CFLAGS" has_curses=true])
 if test "$has_curses" = true
 then
 	AC_DEFINE(LDE_CURSES)