diff --git a/srcpkgs/crash/template b/srcpkgs/crash/template
index 82d9a3968c1..7f158c9ed63 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/crash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/crash/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'crash'
 pkgname=crash
 version=8.0.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 archs="i686 x86_64"  # broken on musl
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="flex tar wget texinfo"
-makedepends="lzo-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel"
+makedepends="lzo-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel readline-devel"
 depends="binutils"
 short_desc="Kernel crash dump debugger and live inspector"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ post_extract() {
 }
 
 do_build() {
-	make ${makejobs} lzo
+	make ${makejobs} lzo GDB_CONF_FLAGS="--with-system-readline --with-system-zlib"
 	make ${makejobs} extensions
 }