--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 
-dnl Checks for libraries.
-dnl Replace `main' with a function in -lncurses:
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, main)
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
 dnl Checks for header files.
 AC_HEADER_STDC
@@ -26,18 +24,7 @@
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(curses.h ncurses.h)
 
-CURSES_LIB_NAME=""
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tgetent, CURSES_LIB="-lncurses" CURSES_LIB_NAME=ncurses)
-
-if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"
-then
-    AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, tgetent, CURSES_LIB="-lcurses" CURSES_LIB_NAME=curses)
-fi
-
-if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"
-then
-    AC_CHECK_LIB(termcap, tgetent, CURSES_LIB="-ltermcap" CURSES_LIB_NAME=termcap)
-fi
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ncurses,ncurses,[LIBS="$LIBS $ncurses_LIBS";CURSES_LIB_NAME=ncurses])
 
 if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"
 then