diff --git a/appl/telnet/telnet/telnet_locl.h b/appl/telnet/telnet/telnet_locl.h
index 88410227d..7479da7d6 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/telnet/telnet_locl.h
+++ b/appl/telnet/telnet/telnet_locl.h
@@ -60,12 +60,13 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+/* termios.h *must* be included before curses.h */
+#include <termios.h>
+
 #ifdef HAVE_CURSES_H
 #include <curses.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <termios.h>
-
 #ifdef HAVE_FCNTL_H
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #endif