diff --git a/srcpkgs/readline/template b/srcpkgs/readline/template
index bb68c5e66ae..6664f9e697c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/readline/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/readline/template
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ pkgname=readline
 _dist_ver=6.3
 _patch_ver=000
 version=${_dist_ver}.${_patch_ver}
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc=${pkgname}-${_dist_ver}
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--with-curses --enable-multibyte bash_cv_wcwidth_broken=no"
+configure_args="--with-curses --enable-multibyte"
+make_build_args="SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
 short_desc="The GNU Readline Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/${pkgname}-${_dist_ver}.tar.gz"
 checksum=56ba6071b9462f980c5a72ab0023893b65ba6debb4eeb475d7a563dc65cafd43
 
+LDFLAGS="-lncurses"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	local url="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-${_dist_ver}-patches"