diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a739de5..5c5e986 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ unicode-width = "0.1"
 xi-unicode = "0.1.0"
 libc = "0.2"
 chan = "0.1"
-
-[dependencies.ioctl-rs]
-optional = true
-version = "0.2"
+term_size = { version = "0.3.1", optional = true }
 
 [dependencies.num]
 default-features = false
@@ -71,8 +68,8 @@ pretty-bytes = "0.2.2"
 blt-backend = ["bear-lib-terminal"]
 default = ["ncurses-backend"]
 markdown = ["pulldown-cmark"]
-ncurses-backend = ["ncurses", "maplit", "ioctl-rs"]
-pancurses-backend = ["pancurses", "maplit", "ioctl-rs"]
+ncurses-backend = ["ncurses", "maplit", "term_size"]
+pancurses-backend = ["pancurses", "maplit", "term_size"]
 termion-backend = ["termion"]
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/src/backend/curses/mod.rs b/src/backend/curses/mod.rs
index 92b980c..50fe809 100644
--- a/src/backend/curses/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backend/curses/mod.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,32 @@
 //! Common module for the ncurses and pancurses backends.
 //!
 //! Requires either of `ncurses-backend` or `pancurses-backend`.
-#![cfg(any(feature = "ncurses", feature = "pancurses"))]
+#![cfg(any(feature = "ncurses-backend", feature = "pancurses-backend"))]
+
+extern crate term_size;
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use event::{Event, Key};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use theme::{BaseColor, Color, ColorPair};
 
-mod sizes;
+use vec::Vec2;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "ncurses")]
+#[cfg(feature = "ncurses-backend")]
 pub mod n;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "pancurses")]
+#[cfg(feature = "pancurses-backend")]
 pub mod pan;
 
+/// Get the size of the terminal.
+///
+/// Usually ncurses can do that by himself, but because we're playing with
+/// threads, ncurses' signal handler is confused and he can't keep track of
+/// the terminal size. Poor ncurses.
+fn terminal_size() -> Vec2 {
+    term_size::dimensions().unwrap_or((0,0)).into()
+}
+
 fn split_i32(code: i32) -> Vec<u8> {
     (0..4).map(|i| ((code >> (8 * i)) & 0xFF) as u8).collect()
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/curses/n.rs b/src/backend/curses/n.rs
index f5556a2..473d774 100644
--- a/src/backend/curses/n.rs
+++ b/src/backend/curses/n.rs
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ impl Backend {
 ///
 /// We need to have ncurses update its representation of the screen.
 fn on_resize() {
-    // Get size using ioctl
-    let size = super::sizes::terminal_size();
+    // Get size
+    let size = super::terminal_size();
 
     // Send the size to ncurses
     ncurses::resize_term(size.y as i32, size.x as i32);
diff --git a/src/backend/curses/pan.rs b/src/backend/curses/pan.rs
index 7f6adfe..f67fb8d 100644
--- a/src/backend/curses/pan.rs
+++ b/src/backend/curses/pan.rs
@@ -357,8 +357,8 @@ impl Backend {
 ///
 /// We need to have ncurses update its representation of the screen.
 fn on_resize() {
-    // Get size using ioctl
-    let size = super::sizes::terminal_size();
+    // Get size
+    let size = super::terminal_size();
 
     // Send the size to ncurses
     pancurses::resize_term(size.y as i32, size.x as i32);
diff --git a/src/backend/curses/sizes.rs b/src/backend/curses/sizes.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fba9b9..0000000
--- a/src/backend/curses/sizes.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-extern crate ioctl_rs as ioctl;
-
-use libc::{c_ushort, STDOUT_FILENO};
-use std::mem;
-
-use vec::Vec2;
-
-#[repr(C)]
-struct TermSize {
-    row: c_ushort,
-    col: c_ushort,
-    _x: c_ushort,
-    _y: c_ushort,
-}
-
-/// Get the size of the terminal.
-pub fn terminal_size() -> Vec2 {
-    unsafe {
-        let mut size: TermSize = mem::zeroed();
-        ioctl::ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, ioctl::TIOCGWINSZ, &mut size as *mut _);
-        Vec2::new(size.col as usize, size.row as usize)
-    }
-}