Index: lib/tty/tty-ncurses.c
--- lib/tty/tty-ncurses.c.orig	2017-03-04 18:51:38.000000000 +0100
+++ lib/tty/tty-ncurses.c	2017-06-17 09:35:11.725343000 +0200
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
 /* include at last !!! */
 #ifdef WANT_TERM_H
 #ifdef HAVE_NCURSES_TERM_H
-#include <ncurses/term.h>
+#define NCURSES_INTERNALS 1
+#include "ncurses/term.h"
 #else
 #include <term.h>
 #endif /* HAVE_NCURSES_TERM_H */
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@
 void
 tty_enter_ca_mode (void)
 {
-    if (mc_global.tty.xterm_flag && smcup != NULL)
+    if (mc_global.tty.xterm_flag)
     {
         fprintf (stdout, /* ESC_STR ")0" */ ESC_STR "7" ESC_STR "[?47h");
         fflush (stdout);
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@
 void
 tty_exit_ca_mode (void)
 {
-    if (mc_global.tty.xterm_flag && rmcup != NULL)
+    if (mc_global.tty.xterm_flag)
     {
         fprintf (stdout, ESC_STR "[?47l" ESC_STR "8" ESC_STR "[m");
         fflush (stdout);