--- festival-2.5.0/speech_tools/configure.in.orig	2019-12-12 10:53:45.927000000 +0100
+++ festival-2.5.0/speech_tools/configure.in	2019-12-12 10:52:46.323000000 +0100
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tputs, [TERMCAPLIB=-lncurses], [TERMCAPLIB=-lcurses])
+AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tputs, [TERMCAPLIB="-lncurses -ltinfo"], [TERMCAPLIB="-lcurses -ltinfo" ])
 dnl if test "$TERMCAPLIB" != "-ltermcap"; then
 dnl    AC_CHECK_LIB(termcap, tputs, [TERMCAPLIB=-ltermcap], [TERMCAPLIB=-lncurses])
 dnl