diff -ru ngstar-2.1.8.orig/src/Makefile ngstar-2.1.8/src/Makefile
--- ngstar-2.1.8.orig/src/Makefile	2005-11-09 08:11:22.000000000 -0500
+++ ngstar-2.1.8/src/Makefile	2014-11-18 23:58:45.565366080 -0500
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 endif
 endif
 ifdef USE_NCURSES
-	CC_LIBS += -lncurses -lgpm
-	CC_LIBS_STATIC += -lncurses -lgpm
+	CC_LIBS += $(shell pkg-config ncurses --libs) -lgpm
+	CC_LIBS_STATIC += $(shell pkg-config ncurses --libs) -lgpm
 
 	NCURSES_UI_OBJ = Ncurses_UI.o
 
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@
 
 $(BIN) : $(SOURCE) $(BIN_DEPS)
 	echo "Compiling $(BIN)"
-	$(CXX) $< $(BIN_DEPS) -o $@ $(CC_LIBS) $(CC_INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS)
-	strip -s $@
+	$(CXX) ${LDFLAGS} $< $(BIN_DEPS) -o $@ $(CC_LIBS) $(CC_INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS)
 ifdef USE_FLTK2
 	-ln -s `basename $(BIN)` $(BIN_FLTK2)
 endif
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@
 $(BIN_STATIC) : $(SOURCE) $(BIN_DEPS)
 	echo "Compiling $(BIN)"
 	$(CXX) -static $< $(BIN_DEPS) -o $@ $(CC_LIBS_STATIC) $(CC_INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS)
-	strip -s $@
 ifdef USE_FLTK2
 	-ln -s `basename $(BIN_STATIC)` $(BIN_STATIC_FLTK2)
 endif