diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 3091794..72f03d7 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -216,7 +216,11 @@
 
 HOSTLOADLIBES_mconf   = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(check-lxdialog) -ldflags $(HOSTCC))
 
-HOSTLOADLIBES_nconf	= -lmenu -lpanel -lncurses
+HOSTLOADLIBES_nconf     = $(shell \
+                                pkg-config --libs menuw panelw ncursesw 2>/dev/null \
+                                || pkg-config --libs menu panel ncurses 2>/dev/null \
+                                || echo "-lmenu -lpanel -lncurses"  )
+
 $(obj)/qconf.o: $(obj)/.tmp_qtcheck
 
 ifeq ($(qconf-target),1)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
index c8e8a71..5075ebf 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # What library to link
 ldflags()
 {
+	pkg-config --libs ncursesw 2>/dev/null && exit
+	pkg-config --libs ncurses 2>/dev/null && exit
 	for ext in so a dll.a dylib ; do
 		for lib in ncursesw ncurses curses ; do
 			$cc -print-file-name=lib${lib}.${ext} | grep -q /
@@ -19,12 +21,17 @@
 # Where is ncurses.h?
 ccflags()
 {
-	if [ -f /usr/include/ncursesw/curses.h ]; then
-		echo '-I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<ncursesw/curses.h>"'
+	if pkg-config --cflags ncursesw 2>/dev/null; then
+		echo '-DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DNCURSES_WIDECHAR=1'
+	elif pkg-config --cflags ncurses 2>/dev/null; then
+		echo '-DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>"'
+	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncursesw/curses.h ]; then
+		echo '-I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>"'
+		echo ' -DNCURSES_WIDECHAR=1'
 	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/ncurses.h ]; then
 		echo '-I/usr/include/ncurses -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>"'
 	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/curses.h ]; then
-		echo '-I/usr/include/ncurses -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses/curses.h>"'
+		echo '-I/usr/include/ncurses -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>"'
 	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses.h ]; then
 		echo '-DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>"'
 	else