diff --git a/cmatrix.c b/cmatrix.c
index 7d8ca39..7d710de 100644
--- a/cmatrix.c
+++ b/cmatrix.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <locale.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -782,7 +783,12 @@ if (console) {
                     } else if (matrix[i][j].val == -1) {
                         addch(' ');
                     } else {
-                        addch(matrix[i][j].val);
+                        if (classic) {
+                            wchar_t wc[2] = {(wchar_t)matrix[i][j].val, L'\0'};
+                            addwstr(wc);
+                        } else {
+                            addch(matrix[i][j].val);
+                        }
                     }
 
                     attroff(COLOR_PAIR(COLOR_WHITE));
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0565a52..8629952 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 
 dnl Checks for libraries.
 dnl Replace `main' with a function in -lncurses:
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, main)
 
 dnl Checks for header files.
 AC_HEADER_STDC
@@ -35,7 +34,8 @@ dnl Checks for libraries.
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(curses.h ncurses.h)
 
 CURSES_LIB_NAME=""
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tgetent, CURSES_LIB="-lncurses" CURSES_LIB_NAME=ncurses)
+AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, tgetent, CURSES_LIB="-lncursesw" CURSES_LIB_NAME=ncursesw,
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tgetent, CURSES_LIB="-lncurses" CURSES_LIB_NAME=ncurses))
 
 if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"
 then