diff --git a/nnn.c b/nnn.c
index da6e8cca..e47c00b4 100644
--- a/nnn.c
+++ b/nnn.c
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 
 #include <ctype.h>
+#ifdef __linux__
+#include <ncursesw/curses.h>
+#else
 #include <curses.h>
+#endif
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>