diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1a9138a5..f053086a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ CVS code -
 	- Change the behavior of --enable-extra to only define
 	  NANO_EXTRA, instead of defining both it and
 	  ENABLE_MULTIBUFFER. (DLR)
+	- Check for get_wch() instead of wget_wch() to determine if
+	  there's a wide curses library, as it's a more generic
+	  function. (DLR)
 - doc/faq.html:
 	- Update section 1.1 to mention the current maintainer. (DLR)
 	- Minor capitalization and wording fixes. (DLR)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3ad46bf4..031db4d8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"; then
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS(ncurses.h)
 
     if test x$enable_utf8 != xno; then
-	AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, wget_wch, [CURSES_LIB="-lncursesw" CURSES_LIB_NAME=ncursesw CURSES_LIB_WIDE=yes])
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, get_wch, [CURSES_LIB="-lncursesw" CURSES_LIB_NAME=ncursesw CURSES_LIB_WIDE=yes])
     fi
 
     if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"; then
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"; then
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS(curses.h)
 
     if test x$enable_utf8 != xno; then
-	AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, wget_wch, [CURSES_LIB="-lcurses" CURSES_LIB_NAME=curses CURSES_LIB_WIDE=yes])
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, get_wch, [CURSES_LIB="-lcurses" CURSES_LIB_NAME=curses CURSES_LIB_WIDE=yes])
     fi
 
     if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"; then