src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
index 284956f..492fc77 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,14 @@ main.c)
 
 set(EXECUTABLE weechat)
 
-find_package(Ncurses)
+
+find_package(PkgConfig)
+pkg_search_module(NCURSES ncursesw ncurses)
+
+if(NOT NCURSES_FOUND)
+  find_package(Ncurses)
+endif(NCURSES_FOUND)
+
 if(NCURSES_FOUND)
   check_include_files(ncursesw/ncurses.h NCURSESW_HEADERS)
   if(NCURSESW_HEADERS)
@@ -46,7 +53,7 @@ if(NCURSES_FOUND)
       add_definitions(-DHAVE_NCURSES_H)
     endif()
   endif()
-  list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${NCURSES_LIBRARY})
+  list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${NCURSES_LIBRARY} ${NCURSES_LIBRARIES} )
 endif()
 
 if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD")