--- ./configure.orig	2015-07-13 10:00:56.000000000 +0000
+++ ./configure	2017-03-07 21:29:44.492136734 +0000
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 	msg_checking "for working ncurses setup"
 	for flag in "" "-I/usr/include/ncurses" "-I/usr/include/ncursesw"
 	do
-		if try_compile_link "$ncurses_code" $flag $NCURSES_LIBS
+		if try_compile_link "$ncurses_code" $NCURSES_CFLAGS $flag $NCURSES_LIBS
 		then
 			NCURSES_CFLAGS="$NCURSES_CFLAGS $flag"
 			msg_result yes