diff --git a/srcpkgs/bash/bash.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/bash/bash.rshlibs
index 84f70afba2..cbbbb7119f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bash/bash.rshlibs
+++ b/srcpkgs/bash/bash.rshlibs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 libncursesw.so.6
 libdl.so.2
 libc.so.6
+libreadline.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bash/template b/srcpkgs/bash/template
index 26f5529c3e..54ca065a64 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bash/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=bash
 _bash_patchlevel=020
 _bash_distver=4.2
 version=${_bash_distver}.${_bash_patchlevel}
+revision=1
 #version=${_bash_distver}
 wrksrc=${pkgname}-${_bash_distver}
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-${_bash_distver}.tar.gz"
@@ -14,8 +15,8 @@ configure_args="--without-bash-malloc --with-curses --bindir=/bin
 --enable-directory-stack --enable-dparen-arithmetic --enable-extended-glob
 --enable-help-builtin --enable-history --enable-job-control --enable-multibyte
 --enable-process-substitution --enable-progcomp --enable-prompt-string-decoding
---enable-select --enable-net-redirections --enable-restricted
-ac_cv_func_working_mktime=yes"
+--enable-select --enable-net-redirections --enable-restricted --enable-readline
+--with-installed-readline"
 short_desc="The GNU Bourne Again Shell"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html"
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ long_desc="
 
 register_shell="/bin/bash"
 
+Add_dependency build readline-devel
 Add_dependency build ncurses-devel
 Add_dependency build bison