diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8bae007..2f47ef6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ if test x$alsamixer = xtrue; then
   CURSESLIBDIR=""
   NCURSESLIBSUFFIX=""
   CURSES_NLS="no"
-  if test "$curseslib" = "ncursesw" -o \( "$curseslib" = "auto" -a "$USE_NLS" = "yes" \); then
+  if test "$cross_compiling" != "yes"; then
+   if test "$curseslib" = "ncursesw" -o \( "$curseslib" = "auto" -a "$USE_NLS" = "yes" \); then
     AC_CHECK_PROG([ncursesw5_config], [ncursesw5-config], [yes])
     if test "$ncursesw5_config" = "yes"; then
       CURSESINC="<ncurses.h>"
@@ -124,8 +125,8 @@ if test x$alsamixer = xtrue; then
       NCURSESLIBSUFFIX="w"
       CURSES_NLS="yes"
     fi
-  fi
-  if test "$curseslib" = "ncurses" -o "$curseslib" = "auto"; then
+   fi
+   if test "$curseslib" = "ncurses" -o "$curseslib" = "auto"; then
     AC_CHECK_PROG([ncurses5_config], [ncurses5-config], [yes])
     if test "$ncurses5_config" = "yes"; then
       CURSESINC="<ncurses.h>"
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ if test x$alsamixer = xtrue; then
       AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, initscr, 
                  [ CURSESINC='<ncurses.h>'; CURSESLIB='-lncurses'; curseslib="ncurses"])
     fi
+   fi
   fi
   if test "$curseslib" = "curses" -o "$curseslib" = "auto"; then
     AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, initscr,