diff --git a/src/core/pdcurses/curses.h b/src/core/pdcurses/curses.h
index b9fcbf8..e932520 100755
--- a/src/core/pdcurses/curses.h
+++ b/src/core/pdcurses/curses.h
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ PDCurses portable platform definitions list:
 #define SYSVcurses      1      /* System V Curses routines */
 #define BSDcurses       1      /* BSD Curses routines */
 #define CHTYPE_LONG     1      /* size of chtype; long */
+#ifndef NOMOUSE
+#define NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION 2 /* Use ncurses style mouse API */
+#endif
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/