diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/8.2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/8.2.nix
index 7bf5caf4060f1..0e072d80d7c1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/8.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/8.2.nix
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  # This install error is caused by a very old libtool. We can't autoreconfHook this package,
+  # so this is the best we've got!
+  postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isOpenBSD ''
+    ln -s $out/lib/libhistory.so* $out/lib/libhistory.so
+    ln -s $out/lib/libreadline.so* $out/lib/libreadline.so
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Library for interactive line editing";