diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fbc1388c9..4e2307e4a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Feb 13 01:39:17 1999  Norbert Warmuth  <nwarmuth@privat.circular.de>
+
+	* configure.in: Make Timur's libtermcap check work with SLang
+	0.99.98, too.
+
 1999-02-12  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@nuclecu.unam.mx>
 
 	* new_icons/Makefile.in (ALLICONS): Added Tigert's new icons for
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2691e0a99..27cfe1973 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_WITH_SLANG,
 	    #include <slang.h>
 	    #endif
 	    int main(void){
-		SLtt_initialize("");
+		SLtt_get_terminfo();
 		SLtt_tgetflag("");
 		return 0;
 	    } ],