diff --git a/cmake/find/termcap.cmake b/cmake/find/termcap.cmake
index 47b772331bb..7564b7134e7 100644
--- a/cmake/find/termcap.cmake
+++ b/cmake/find/termcap.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-find_library (TERMCAP_LIBRARY termcap)
+find_library (TERMCAP_LIBRARY tinfo)
 if (NOT TERMCAP_LIBRARY)
-    find_library (TERMCAP_LIBRARY tinfo)
+    find_library (TERMCAP_LIBRARY ncurses)
+endif()
+if (NOT TERMCAP_LIBRARY)
+    find_library (TERMCAP_LIBRARY termcap)
 endif()
 message (STATUS "Using termcap: ${TERMCAP_LIBRARY}")