diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 023175b9..e9fae4fc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -567,9 +567,9 @@ if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"; then
 			CURSES_LIB=`$NCURSESW_CONFIG --libs`
 			LIBS="$CURSES_LIB $LIBS"
 			CPPFLAGS="`$NCURSESW_CONFIG --cflags` $CPPFLAGS"
-			AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, get_wch, [CURSES_LIB_NAME=ncursesw CURSES_LIB_WIDE=yes])
+			AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, wget_wch, [CURSES_LIB_NAME=ncursesw CURSES_LIB_WIDE=yes])
 		else
-			AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, get_wch, [CURSES_LIB="-lncursesw" CURSES_LIB_NAME=ncursesw CURSES_LIB_WIDE=yes])
+			AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, wget_wch, [CURSES_LIB="-lncursesw" CURSES_LIB_NAME=ncursesw CURSES_LIB_WIDE=yes])
 		fi
 		LIBS="$OLDLIBS"
 	fi
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"; then
 	AC_CHECK_HEADERS(curses.h)
 
 	if test "x$enable_utf8" != xno; then
-		AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, get_wch, [CURSES_LIB="-lcurses" CURSES_LIB_NAME=curses CURSES_LIB_WIDE=yes])
+		AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, wget_wch, [CURSES_LIB="-lcurses" CURSES_LIB_NAME=curses CURSES_LIB_WIDE=yes])
 	fi
 
 	if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"; then