diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0acb1b7..4d95893 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
 CC="$CC -std=gnu11"
 
 # Checks for libraries.
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, initscr, [], [echo "missing ncurses support!";exit -1])
-NCURSES_LIBS="-lncurses"
-AC_SUBST([NCURSES_LIBS])
+AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, initscr, [], [echo "missing ncurses support!";exit -1])
+NCURSESW_LIBS="-lncursesw"
+AC_SUBST([NCURSESW_LIBS])
 
 # Checks for header files.
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([fcntl.h limits.h stdlib.h string.h unistd.h])
diff --git a/src/vmtop.c b/src/vmtop.c
index caa598e..78b6f4e 100644
--- a/src/vmtop.c
+++ b/src/vmtop.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #include "vmtop.h"
 #include "field.h"
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ static void init_screen(void)
 
 static void init_parameter(void)
 {
+    setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
     init_domains(&scr_cur);
     init_domains(&scr_pre);
     init_domains(&vcpu_list);