diff -Naru advancemame-3.7.orig/advance/cfg.mak advancemame-3.7/advance/cfg.mak
--- advancemame-3.7.orig/advance/cfg.mak	2018-05-06 10:36:15.914705462 +0200
+++ advancemame-3.7/advance/cfg.mak	2018-05-06 10:38:39.677697510 +0200
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 ifeq ($(CONF_LIB_NCURSES),yes)
 CFGCFLAGS += \
 	-DUSE_VIDEO_CURSES
-CFGLIBS += -lncurses
+CFGLIBS += $(pkg-config --libs ncurses)
 CFGOBJS += \
 	$(CFGOBJ)/linux/vcurses.o
 endif
diff -Naru advancemame-3.7.orig/advance/v.mak advancemame-3.7/advance/v.mak
--- advancemame-3.7.orig/advance/v.mak	2018-05-06 10:36:15.901705463 +0200
+++ advancemame-3.7/advance/v.mak	2018-05-06 10:38:59.679696404 +0200
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 ifeq ($(CONF_LIB_NCURSES),yes)
 VCFLAGS += \
 	-DUSE_VIDEO_CURSES
-VLIBS += -lncurses
+VLIBS += $(pkg-config --libs ncurses)
 VOBJS += \
 	$(VOBJ)/linux/vcurses.o
 endif
diff -Naru advancemame-3.7.orig/configure advancemame-3.7/configure
--- advancemame-3.7.orig/configure	2018-05-06 10:36:15.928705461 +0200
+++ advancemame-3.7/configure	2018-05-06 10:37:55.123699974 +0200
@@ -8294,7 +8294,7 @@
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lncurses
+LIBS="$(pkg-config --libs ncurses)
 	 $LIBS"
 cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
@@ -8338,7 +8338,7 @@
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lncurses
+LIBS="$(pkg-config --libs ncurses)
 	 $LIBS"
 cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
@@ -8374,7 +8374,7 @@
 #define HAVE_LIBNCURSES 1
 _ACEOF
 
-  LIBS="-lncurses $LIBS"
+  LIBS="$(pkg-config --libs ncurses) $LIBS"
 
 else
   as_fn_error $? "the sLang library is missing" "$LINENO" 5