diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
index 80788137c670..782d20085e1c 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # What library to link
 ldflags()
 {
+	pkg-config --libs ncursesw 2>/dev/null && exit
+	pkg-config --libs ncurses 2>/dev/null && exit
 	for ext in so a dll.a dylib ; do
 		for lib in ncursesw ncurses curses ; do
 			$cc -print-file-name=lib${lib}.${ext} | grep -q /