diff --git a/lib/reline/terminfo.rb b/lib/reline/terminfo.rb
index f53642b919..6cd78f5660 100644
--- a/lib/reline/terminfo.rb
+++ b/lib/reline/terminfo.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ module Reline::Terminfo
     when /darwin/
       %w[libncursesw.dylib libcursesw.dylib libncurses.dylib libcurses.dylib]
     else
-      %w[libncursesw.so libcursesw.so libncurses.so libcurses.so]
+      %w[libncursesw.so libcursesw.so libncurses.so libcurses.so
+         libncursesw.so.6 libncurses.so.6]
     end
   end