diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1aedcbb..5a0c572 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ ENDIF()
 
 # Defaults to /usr/local/lib for installation.
 INCLUDE(GNUInstallDirs)
+INCLUDE(FindCurses)
+
+IF(NOT CURSES_FOUND)
+  MESSAGE(
+    FATAL_ERROR
+    "Failed to find curses nor ncurses file and library.")
+ENDIF(NOT CURSES_FOUND)
 
 # Configuration. Remove CMakeCache.txt to rerun...
 OPTION(config_DEBUG "Include debugging information" ON)
@@ -55,8 +62,6 @@ IF(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang|GNU")
 ENDIF()
 SET(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
 
-FIND_PACKAGE(Curses REQUIRED)
-
 FIND_PACKAGE(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CAIRO REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET cairo>=1.16.0)
 
@@ -109,9 +114,9 @@ SET(SOURCES
 
 ADD_LIBRARY(base STATIC)
 TARGET_SOURCES(base PRIVATE ${SOURCES})
-TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(base PRIVATE ${CURSES_CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(base PRIVATE ${CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(base PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(base PRIVATE ${CURSES_CURSES_LIBRARY})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(base PRIVATE ${CURSES_LIBRARIES})
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(
   base PROPERTIES
   VERSION 1.0