diff -Naur a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile	2005-03-24 17:50:09.000000000 -0600
+++ b/Makefile	2016-09-28 11:32:13.840000000 -0500
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 # provide a good termcap file, or when setting the TERMCAP environment
 # variable is deemed sufficient, is the included 2.11BSD termcap library.
 #
-TERMLIB	= termlib
+TERMLIB	= ncurses
 
 #
 # Since ex uses sbrk() internally, a conflict with the libc's version of