diff --git a/lib/tty/tty-ncurses.c b/lib/tty/tty-ncurses.c
index c6217526d..9b01ce6fa 100644
--- a/lib/tty/tty-ncurses.c
+++ b/lib/tty/tty-ncurses.c
@@ -194,11 +194,25 @@ tty_init (gboolean mouse_enable, gboolean is_xterm)
     ESCDELAY = 200;
 #endif /* HAVE_ESCDELAY */
 
+#ifdef NCURSES_VERSION
     /* use Ctrl-g to generate SIGINT */
     cur_term->Nttyb.c_cc[VINTR] = CTRL ('g');   /* ^g */
     /* disable SIGQUIT to allow use Ctrl-\ key */
     cur_term->Nttyb.c_cc[VQUIT] = NULL_VALUE;
     tcsetattr (cur_term->Filedes, TCSANOW, &cur_term->Nttyb);
+#else
+    /* other curses implementation (bsd curses, ...) */
+    {
+        struct termios mode;
+
+        tcgetattr (STDIN_FILENO, &mode);
+        /* use Ctrl-g to generate SIGINT */
+        mode.c_cc[VINTR] = CTRL ('g');  /* ^g */
+        /* disable SIGQUIT to allow use Ctrl-\ key */
+        mode.c_cc[VQUIT] = NULL_VALUE;
+        tcsetattr (STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &mode);
+    }
+#endif /* NCURSES_VERSION */
 
     tty_start_interrupt_key ();