We don't include ncursesw.h header file, so use ncurses.h instead. --- ./meson.build 2017-09-23 10:57:09.288877085 -0400 +++ ./meson.build 2017-09-23 10:58:40.263583716 -0400 @@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ conf.set('HAVE_NCURSESW_CURSES_H', true) elif cc.has_header('ncursesw.h', dependencies: curses_dep) conf.set('HAVE_NCURSESW_H', true) + elif cc.has_header('ncurses/curses.h', dependencies: curses_dep) + conf.set('HAVE_NCURSES_CURSES_H', true) + elif cc.has_header('ncurses.h', dependencies: curses_dep) + conf.set('HAVE_NCURSES_H', true) else error('No ncursesw header found') endif