diff --git a/srcpkgs/rlwrap/template b/srcpkgs/rlwrap/template
index 23c4128415..1846ea0b75 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rlwrap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rlwrap/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'rlwrap'
 pkgname=rlwrap
 version=0.42
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 makedepends="readline-devel"
 depends="perl"
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://utopia.knoware.nl/~hlub/uck/rlwrap/"
 distfiles="http://utopia.knoware.nl/~hlub/uck/rlwrap/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=5a70d8469db9d0a6630628f2d5d2972ad16c092400b7fbbdf699693ec0f87e44
+
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -i '/file existence when cross compiling/s/as_fn_error/echo/' configure
+}