diff --git support/shobj-conf support/shobj-conf
index d47bd80..fc8da1e 100644
--- support/shobj-conf
+++ support/shobj-conf
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ linux*-*|gnu*-*|k*bsd*-gnu-*|freebsd*-gentoo)
 	SHOBJ_LD='${CC}'
 	SHOBJ_LDFLAGS='-shared -Wl,-soname,$@'
 
+	SHLIB_LIBS='-lncurses'
 	SHLIB_XLDFLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,$(libdir) -Wl,-soname,`basename $@ $(SHLIB_MINOR)`'
 	SHLIB_LIBVERSION='$(SHLIB_LIBSUFF).$(SHLIB_MAJOR)$(SHLIB_MINOR)'
 	;;