diff -r b4322ad1fec4 -r 6518899ae875 setup.py
--- a/setup.py	Sat Jul 07 12:26:56 2012 +0200
+++ b/setup.py	Sat Jul 07 14:55:12 2012 +0200
@@ -1256,6 +1256,8 @@
             # Building with the system-suppied combined libncurses/libpanel
             curses_defines.append(('HAVE_NCURSESW', '1'))
             curses_defines.append(('_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED', '1'))
+        elif curses_library == 'ncurses':
+            curses_includes.append('/usr/include/ncurses')            
 
         if curses_library.startswith('ncurses'):
             curses_libs = [curses_library]