2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5dc3efa..2d286d7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4081,6 +4081,8 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_header_ncurses_h" = xyes; then :
 #define HAVE_NCURSES_H 1
 _ACEOF
 
+else
+  as_fn_error $? "missing ncurses.h" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
 done
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ee75a01..e131279 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 				 Makefile 
 				 src/Makefile
 				 ])
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(ncurses.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses.h], [], AC_MSG_ERROR(missing ncurses.h))
 AC_OUTPUT