--- htop-2.0.2/configure.ac
+++ htop-2.0.2/configure.ac
@@ -185,32 +185,36 @@
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(unicode, [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-unicode], [enable Unicode support])], ,enable_unicode="yes")
 if test "x$enable_unicode" = xyes; then
-   HTOP_CHECK_SCRIPT([ncursesw6], [addnwstr], [HAVE_LIBNCURSESW], "ncursesw6-config",
-    HTOP_CHECK_SCRIPT([ncursesw], [addnwstr], [HAVE_LIBNCURSESW], "ncursesw5-config",
-     HTOP_CHECK_SCRIPT([ncurses], [addnwstr], [HAVE_LIBNCURSESW], "ncurses5-config",
-      HTOP_CHECK_LIB([ncursesw6], [addnwstr], [HAVE_LIBNCURSESW],
-       HTOP_CHECK_LIB([ncursesw], [addnwstr], [HAVE_LIBNCURSESW],
-        HTOP_CHECK_LIB([ncurses], [addnwstr], [HAVE_LIBNCURSESW],
-      missing_libraries="$missing_libraries libncursesw"
-      AC_MSG_ERROR([You may want to use --disable-unicode or install libncursesw.])
-   ))))))
+   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NCURSES], [ncursesw],[
+    HTOP_CHECK_SCRIPT([ncursesw6], [addnwstr], [HAVE_LIBNCURSESW], "ncursesw6-config",
+     HTOP_CHECK_SCRIPT([ncursesw], [addnwstr], [HAVE_LIBNCURSESW], "ncursesw5-config",
+      HTOP_CHECK_SCRIPT([ncurses], [addnwstr], [HAVE_LIBNCURSESW], "ncurses5-config",
+       HTOP_CHECK_LIB([ncursesw6], [addnwstr], [HAVE_LIBNCURSESW],
+        HTOP_CHECK_LIB([ncursesw], [addnwstr], [HAVE_LIBNCURSESW],
+         HTOP_CHECK_LIB([ncurses], [addnwstr], [HAVE_LIBNCURSESW],
+       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 $ac_header"])])])])
+   ])
 else
-   HTOP_CHECK_SCRIPT([ncurses6], [refresh], [HAVE_LIBNCURSES], "ncurses6-config",
-    HTOP_CHECK_SCRIPT([ncurses], [refresh], [HAVE_LIBNCURSES], "ncurses5-config",
-     HTOP_CHECK_LIB([ncurses6],  [refresh], [HAVE_LIBNCURSES],
-      HTOP_CHECK_LIB([ncurses],  [refresh], [HAVE_LIBNCURSES],
-      missing_libraries="$missing_libraries libncurses"
-   ))))
+   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NCURSES], [ncurses],[
+    HTOP_CHECK_SCRIPT([ncurses6], [refresh], [HAVE_LIBNCURSES], "ncurses6-config",
+     HTOP_CHECK_SCRIPT([ncurses], [refresh], [HAVE_LIBNCURSES], "ncurses5-config",
+      HTOP_CHECK_LIB([ncurses6],  [refresh], [HAVE_LIBNCURSES],
+       HTOP_CHECK_LIB([ncurses],  [refresh], [HAVE_LIBNCURSES],
+       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 $ac_header"])])])])
+    AC_CHECK_HEADERS([curses.h],[:],
+       [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/curses.h],[:],
+          [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/ncurses.h],[:],
+             [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses.h],[:],[missing_headers="$missing_headers $ac_header"])])])])
+   ])
 fi
 
 if test "$my_htop_platform" = "freebsd"; then
--- htop-2.0.2/Makefile.am
+++ htop-2.0.2/Makefile.am
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@
 BUILT_SOURCES = $(myhtopheaders) $(myhtopplatheaders)
 htop_SOURCES  = $(myhtopheaders) $(myhtopplatheaders) $(myhtopsources) $(myhtopplatsources) config.h
 
+htop_LDADD = $(NCURSES_LIBS)
+
 target:
 	echo $(htop_SOURCES)