diff --git a/win/curses/cursmain.c b/win/curses/cursmain.c
index 1732ff4b6..0a3d44030 100644
--- a/win/curses/cursmain.c
+++ b/win/curses/cursmain.c
@@ -154,9 +154,13 @@ curses_init_nhwindows(int *argcp UNUSED,
                       char **argv UNUSED)
 {
 #ifdef PDCURSES
-    static char pdc_font[BUFSZ] = "";
     char window_title[BUFSZ];
 #endif
+#ifdef CURSES_UNICODE
+#ifdef PDCURSES
+    static char pdc_font[BUFSZ] = "";
+#endif
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CURSES_UNICODE
     setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");