diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f54ac07513..ad2564986d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1216,13 +1216,34 @@ int main(void) { return 0; }
 EOF
   _termios=no
   cc_check && _termios=yes
+  _def_termios_h_name='sys/termios.h'
 fi
+# second test:
+if test "$_termios" = no ; then
+  cat > $TMPC <<EOF
+#include <termios.h>
+int main(void) { return 0; }
+EOF
+  _termios=no
+  cc_check && _termios=yes
+  _def_termios_h_name='termios.h'
+fi
+
 if test "$_termios" = yes ; then
   _def_termios='#define HAVE_TERMIOS 1'
- else
+  _def_termios_h='#undef HAVE_TERMIOS_H'
+  _def_termios_sys_h='#undef HAVE_SYS_TERMIOS_H'
+
+  if test "$_def_termios_h_name" = 'sys/termios.h' ; then
+    _def_termios_sys_h='#define HAVE_SYS_TERMIOS_H 1'
+  elif test "$_def_termios_h_name" = 'termios.h' ; then
+    _def_termios_h='#define HAVE_TERMIOS_H 1'
+  fi
+else
   _def_termios='#undef HAVE_TERMIOS'
+  _def_termios_h_name=''
 fi
-echores "$_termios"
+echores "$_termios (using: $_def_termios_h_name)"
 
 
 echocheck "shm"
@@ -2855,6 +2876,8 @@ $_def_termcap
 
 /* termios flag for getch2.c */
 $_def_termios
+$_def_termios_h
+$_def_termios_sys_h
 
 /* enable PNG support */
 $_def_png
diff --git a/linux/getch2.c b/linux/getch2.c
index 693f2afa0c..fdcd538cb6 100644
--- a/linux/getch2.c
+++ b/linux/getch2.c
@@ -16,9 +16,16 @@
 #ifdef USE_IOCTL
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS
+#ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
+#include <termios.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_SYS_H 
 #include <sys/termios.h>
 #endif
+#endif
+
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "keycodes.h"