diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index ed7a9d2..09ce8e1 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ exempt of errors.
 * Jakub Bogusz <address@hidden> for the polish translation.
 
 * Gökçen Eraslan <address@hidden> for the Turkish translation.
+
+* Vladimir Vrzić <address@hidden> for sending a patch for
+  configure.in in typist 2.9.5 that fixes a segfault when linking
+  against ncurses 6.1.


diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8742d93..3429046 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ else
        "further information. On Debian/Ubuntu you need to install libncursesw5-dev."
    exit 1;
 fi
-AC_SEARCH_LIBS(cbreak, tinfo, [],
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(cbreak, tinfow, [],
   [AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find cbreak() in -lncursesw or -ltinfo])])
 
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fef5165..4c47c39 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6382,7 +6382,7 @@ return cbreak ();
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
-for ac_lib in '' tinfo; do
+for ac_lib in '' tinfow; do
   if test -z "$ac_lib"; then
     ac_res="none required"
   else