diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2e91f2f7b..4828831cf 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -979,7 +979,11 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_USE_TERMCAP,
 slang_check_lib=true
 slang_term=""
 slang_use_system_installed_lib=false
-AC_CHECK_LIB(slang,SLang_init_tty,
+
+dnl Checking for SLsys_getkey will fail for SLang >= 1.0, i.e. we don't
+dnl use SLang >= 1.0 at the moment because I haven't reviewed which changes
+dnl to MC are necessary (Norbert)
+AC_CHECK_LIB(slang,SLsys_getkey,
 	AC_CHECK_HEADERS(slang.h)
 	if test x$ac_cv_header_slang_h = xyes
 	then
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 3d3b0902a..ef0bcced7 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Mon Apr 20 01:32:20 1998  Norbert Warmuth  <k3190@fh-sw.de>
+
+	* configure.in: Don't try to link MC against SLang >= 1.0. I will 
+	remove this restriction when I'm sure that it's save to use the new
+	version (the documentation to SLang mentions some changes of
+	return values).
+
 1998-04-16  Miguel de Icaza  <miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx>
 
 	* file.h: Added prototype for copy_dir_dir.