2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 231b4759c714..844bc9da08da 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -219,7 +219,9 @@ HOSTCFLAGS_gconf.o	= `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 gmodule-2.0 libglade-2.0` \
 
 HOSTLOADLIBES_mconf   = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(check-lxdialog) -ldflags $(HOSTCC))
 
-HOSTLOADLIBES_nconf     = -lmenu -lpanel -lncurses
+HOSTLOADLIBES_nconf     = $(shell \
+                                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 80788137c670..782d20085e1c 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 /