diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9b47a7f0a..d9b41e504 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5648,7 +5648,11 @@ _ACEOF
 
 fi
 
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for main in -lncurses" >&5
+  case "$target_os" in
+    *darwin*)
+    ;;
+    *)
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for main in -lncurses" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for main in -lncurses... " >&6; }
 if test "${ac_cv_lib_ncurses_main+set}" = set; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
@@ -5687,6 +5691,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 fi
 
+  esac
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for readline in -lreadline" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for readline in -lreadline... " >&6; }
 if test "${ac_cv_lib_readline_readline+set}" = set; then :
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9ff1c1abd..089708538 100755
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -611,7 +611,12 @@ fi
 if test "$yap_cv_readline" != "no"
 then
   AC_CHECK_LIB(termcap,tgetent)
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses,main)
+  case "$target_os" in
+    *darwin*)
+    ;;
+    *)
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses,main)
+  esac
   AC_CHECK_LIB(readline,readline)
 fi
 if test "$yap_cv_gmp" != "no"