diff --git a/games-board/natch/files/natch-2.4-tinfo.patch b/games-board/natch/files/natch-2.4-tinfo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..92646aa54bba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games-board/natch/files/natch-2.4-tinfo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/690078
+
+--- Natch-2.4/configure.in
++++ Natch-2.4/configure.in
+@@ -25,17 +25,19 @@
+ dnl Checks for programs.
+ AC_PROG_CC
+ AC_PATH_PROGS(GENGETOPT, gengetopt)
++PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
+ 
+ dnl for txtc (Text-to-C compiler)
+ AC_PROG_AWK
+ LF_PROG_TXTC
+ 
+ dnl Checks for libraries.
+-AC_SEARCH_LIBS(
+-	initscr,
+-	ncurses curses,
++PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NCURSES, ncurses,[
+ 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBNCURSES,,
+-		  Define if you have curses library for visual mode. ), )
++		  Define if you have curses library for visual mode. )
++	],[
++	AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find ncurses lib])
++])
+ 
+ dnl Replace `main' with a function in -lpc:
+ dnl AC_CHECK_LIB(pc, main)
+--- Natch-2.4/src/Makefile.am
++++ Natch-2.4/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
+ 
+ Natch_SOURCES = main.c main.h types.h cmdline.c cmdline.h distance.c distance.h dis_type.h pcpj.c pcpj.h distimmo.c distimmo.h pcpj_deb.c pcpj_deb.h pcpjcapt.c pcpjcapt.h trajet.c trajet.h explorat.c explorat.h expltype.h pcpjcoup.c pcpjcoup.h hash.c hash.h pcpjtool.c pcpjtool.h myHashTable.c myHashTable.h langues.c langues.h screen.c screen.h common.h moves_order.c moves_order.h test_moves_order.c test_moves_order.h twin_squares.c twin_squares.h precise_trajectories.c precise_trajectories.h captInitSquare.c captInitSquare.h piece.c piece.h reportbugs.text copyright.text
+ 
+-Natch_LDADD = @LIBOBJS@
++Natch_LDADD = @LIBOBJS@ $(NCURSES_LIBS)
+ 
+ AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -fshort-enums -DNDEBUG -O3
+ #AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -fshort-enums
diff --git a/games-board/natch/natch-2.4-r1.ebuild b/games-board/natch/natch-2.4-r1.ebuild
index 8b263b424b330..0e81bbc485f37 100644
--- a/games-board/natch/natch-2.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/games-board/natch/natch-2.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=6
-inherit eutils
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit autotools
 
 MY_P="Natch-${PV}"
 DESCRIPTION="A program to solve chess proof games"
@@ -14,15 +15,22 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0"
-RDEPEND=${DEPEND}
+DEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0="
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
-S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-format.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-tinfo.patch
 )
 
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	newbin src/Natch natch
 	dodoc AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README THANKS example.txt