diff --git a/cbits/hsncurses-shim.c b/cbits/hsncurses-shim.c
--- a/cbits/hsncurses-shim.c
+++ b/cbits/hsncurses-shim.c
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
 #define NCURSES_NOMACROS
 #include <string.h>
-#include <ncursesw/curses.h>
+
+#ifdef HSNCURSES_NARROW_HEADER
+#include <ncurses.h>
+#else
+#include <ncursesw/ncurses.h>
+#endif
 
 #if NCURSES_VERSION_PATCH < 20081122
 int _nc_has_mouse();
diff --git a/lib/UI/NCurses.chs b/lib/UI/NCurses.chs
--- a/lib/UI/NCurses.chs
+++ b/lib/UI/NCurses.chs
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
 #define NCURSES_NOMACROS
 #include <string.h>
-#include <ncursesw/curses.h>
+
+#ifdef HSNCURSES_NARROW_HEADER
+#include <ncurses.h>
+#else
+#include <ncursesw/ncurses.h>
+#endif
 
 {# pointer *WINDOW as Window nocode #}
 {# pointer *cchar_t as CCharT newtype #}
diff --git a/lib/UI/NCurses/Enums.chs b/lib/UI/NCurses/Enums.chs
--- a/lib/UI/NCurses/Enums.chs
+++ b/lib/UI/NCurses/Enums.chs
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@
 #define NCURSES_ENABLE_STDBOOL_H 0
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
 #define NCURSES_NOMACROS
-#include <ncursesw/curses.h>
+
+#ifdef HSNCURSES_NARROW_HEADER
+#include <ncurses.h>
+#else
+#include <ncursesw/ncurses.h>
+#endif
 
 class Enum a where
 	toEnum :: Integer -> a
diff --git a/lib/UI/NCurses/Panel.chs b/lib/UI/NCurses/Panel.chs
--- a/lib/UI/NCurses/Panel.chs
+++ b/lib/UI/NCurses/Panel.chs
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@
 import           UI.NCurses (render) -- for haddock
 import           UI.NCurses.Types
 
+#ifdef HSNCURSES_NARROW_HEADER
+#include <panel.h>
+#else
 #include <ncursesw/panel.h>
+#endif
 
 {# pointer *PANEL as Panel nocode #}
 {# pointer *WINDOW as Window nocode #}
diff --git a/ncurses.cabal b/ncurses.cabal
--- a/ncurses.cabal
+++ b/ncurses.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: ncurses
-version: 0.2.3
+version: 0.2.4
 license: GPL-3
 license-file: license.txt
 author: John Millikin <jmillikin@gmail.com>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 source-repository head
   type: bazaar
   location: https://john-millikin.com/branches/haskell-ncurses/0.2/
-  tag: haskell-ncurses_0.2.3
+  tag: haskell-ncurses_0.2.4
 
 library
   hs-source-dirs: lib
@@ -73,7 +73,13 @@
 
   -- Do not use pkg-config to find ncurses libraries, because the .pc files
   -- are missing or broken in many installations.
-  extra-libraries: panelw ncursesw
+  if os(darwin)
+    -- MacOS has a version of ncurses where the narrow- and wide-character
+    -- builds have been merged into a single header/dylib.
+    cc-options: -DHSNCURSES_NARROW_HEADER
+    extra-libraries: panel ncurses
+  else
+    extra-libraries: panelw ncursesw
 
   c-sources: cbits/hsncurses-shim.c