diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 820e2e5..85f49e9 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ SUFFIXES = .h
 BUILT_SOURCES = $(myhtopheaders)
 htop_SOURCES = $(myhtopheaders) $(myhtopsources) config.h
 
+htop_LDADD = $(NCURSES_LIBS)
+
 profile:
 	$(MAKE) all CFLAGS="-pg" AM_CPPFLAGS="-pg -O2 -DNDEBUG"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2b934e8..3593885 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AC_DISABLE_SHARED
 AC_ENABLE_STATIC
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
 # Checks for libraries.
 AC_CHECK_LIB([m], [ceil], [], [missing_libraries="$missing_libraries libm"])
@@ -89,20 +90,24 @@ fi
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(unicode, [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-unicode], [enable Unicode support])], ,enable_unicode="yes")
 if test "x$enable_unicode" = xyes; then
-   AC_CHECK_LIB([ncursesw], [refresh], [], [
-      missing_libraries="$missing_libraries libncursesw"
-      AC_MSG_ERROR([You may want to use --disable-unicode or install libncursesw.])
+   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NCURSES], [ncursesw],[
+     AC_CHECK_LIB([ncursesw], [refresh], [], [
+         missing_libraries="$missing_libraries libncursesw"
+         AC_MSG_ERROR([You may want to use --disable-unicode or install libncursesw.])
+      ])
+      AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncursesw/curses.h],[:],
+         [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/ncurses.h],[:],
+            [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/curses.h],[:],
+               [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses.h],[:],[missing_headers="$missing_headers $ac_header"])])])])
    ])
-   AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncursesw/curses.h],[:],
-      [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/ncurses.h],[:],
-         [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/curses.h],[:],
-            [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses.h],[:],[missing_headers="$missing_headers $ac_header"])])])])
 else
-   AC_CHECK_LIB([ncurses], [refresh], [], [missing_libraries="$missing_libraries libncurses"])
-   AC_CHECK_HEADERS([curses.h],[:],
-      [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/curses.h],[:],
-         [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/ncurses.h],[:],
-            [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses.h],[:],[missing_headers="$missing_headers $ac_header"])])])])
+   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NCURSES], [ncurses],[
+      AC_CHECK_LIB([ncurses], [refresh], [], [missing_libraries="$missing_libraries libncurses"])
+      AC_CHECK_HEADERS([curses.h],[:],
+         [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/curses.h],[:],
+            [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/ncurses.h],[:],
+               [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses.h],[:],[missing_headers="$missing_headers $ac_header"])])])])
+   ])
 fi
 
 if test ! -z "$missing_libraries"; then