diff --git a/pinentry/Makefile.am b/pinentry/Makefile.am
index be99822..a99f12e 100644
--- a/pinentry/Makefile.am
+++ b/pinentry/Makefile.am
@@ -1,43 +1,44 @@
 # Pinentry support library Makefile
 # Copyright (C) 2002, 2015 g10 Code GmbH
 #
 # This file is part of PINENTRY.
 #
 # PINENTRY is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
 #
 # PINENTRY is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
 
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
 EXTRA_DIST =
 
 if BUILD_LIBPINENTRY_CURSES
 pinentry_curses = libpinentry-curses.a
 else
 pinentry_curses =
 endif
 
 if BUILD_LIBPINENTRY_EMACS
 pinentry_emacs_sources = pinentry-emacs.h pinentry-emacs.c
 else
 pinentry_emacs_sources =
 endif
 
 noinst_LIBRARIES = libpinentry.a $(pinentry_curses)
 
 LDADD = $(COMMON_LIBS)
 AM_CPPFLAGS = $(COMMON_CFLAGS) -I$(top_srcdir)/secmem
 
 libpinentry_a_SOURCES = pinentry.h pinentry.c argparse.c argparse.h \
 	password-cache.h password-cache.c $(pinentry_emacs_sources)
 libpinentry_curses_a_SOURCES = pinentry-curses.h pinentry-curses.c
+libpinentry_curses_a_CFLAGS = @NCURSES_CFLAGS@