diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/template b/srcpkgs/python/template
index 90dc02aea2a..beb6e80d665 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'python'.
 pkgname=python
 version=2.7.6
-revision=7
+revision=8
 wrksrc="Python-${version}"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libffi-devel readline-devel>=6.3 gdbm-devel openssl-devel expat-devel sqlite-devel bzip2-devel zlib-devel"
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pre_configure() {
 	rm -r Modules/expat
 	rm -r Modules/_ctypes/libffi*
 	rm -r Modules/zlib
+	# Fix readline module to build with readline>=6.3.
+	sed -e 's,(CPPFunction \*),,g;s,(Function \*),,g' -i Modules/readline.c
 }
 
 do_configure() {