diff -Naur a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	2014-05-20 00:56:22.471600000 +0400
+++ b/configure.ac	2014-05-20 00:56:37.338400000 +0400
@@ -4762,7 +4762,9 @@
 
 # first curses header check
 ac_save_cppflags="$CPPFLAGS"
+if test yes != "$cross_compiling"; then
 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/include/ncursesw"
+fi
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(curses.h ncurses.h)