diff --git a/util/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh b/util/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
index 2b845e6dd8..78939da0b2 100644
--- a/util/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
+++ b/util/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ ldflags()
 # Where is ncurses.h?
 ccflags()
 {
-	if [ -f /usr/include/ncursesw/curses.h ]; then
+	if pkg-config --cflags ncursesw 2>/dev/null; then
+		echo '-DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DNCURSES_WIDECHAR=1'
+	elif pkg-config --cflags ncurses 2>/dev/null; then
+		echo '-DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>"'
+	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncursesw/curses.h ]; then
 		echo '-I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>"'
 		echo ' -DNCURSES_WIDECHAR=1'
 	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/ncurses.h ]; then