diff --git a/net-misc/openssh/patches/openssh-5.5p1.patch b/net-misc/openssh/patches/openssh-5.5p1.patch
index adcbe424f..aaf507d41 100644
--- a/net-misc/openssh/patches/openssh-5.5p1.patch
+++ b/net-misc/openssh/patches/openssh-5.5p1.patch
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 diff -up openssh-5.5p1/configure.ac.orig openssh-5.5p1/configure.ac
---- openssh-5.5p1/configure.ac.orig	2010-04-29 16:14:57.805306368 -0600
-+++ openssh-5.5p1/configure.ac	2010-04-29 16:15:01.181141504 -0600
+--- openssh-5.5p1/configure.ac.orig	2010-04-10 06:58:01.058458112 -0600
++++ openssh-5.5p1/configure.ac	2010-04-29 17:31:43.944242688 -0600
 @@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(libedit,
  			LIBEDIT=`$PKGCONFIG --libs-only-l libedit`
  			CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS `$PKGCONFIG --cflags libedit`"
  		else
 -			LIBEDIT="-ledit -lcurses"
-+			LIBEDIT="-ledit -lncurses"
++			AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, tgetent, [LIBEDIT="-ledit -lcurses"], AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tgetent, [LIBEDIT="-ledit -lncurses"]))
  		fi
  		OTHERLIBS=`echo $LIBEDIT | sed 's/-ledit//'`
  		AC_CHECK_LIB(edit, el_init,