diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
index 82cc3a85e7f8..b75820bbdd3a 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ ldflags()
 # Where is ncurses.h?
 ccflags()
 {
-	if [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/ncurses.h ]; then
+	if [ -f /usr/include/ncursesw/curses.h ]; then
+		echo '-I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<ncursesw/curses.h>"'
+	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/ncurses.h ]; then
 		echo '-I/usr/include/ncurses -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>"'
 	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/curses.h ]; then
 		echo '-I/usr/include/ncurses -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses/curses.h>"'
-	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncursesw/curses.h ]; then
-		echo '-I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<ncursesw/curses.h>"'
 	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses.h ]; then
 		echo '-DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>"'
 	else