diff --git a/package/libs/readline/Makefile b/package/libs/readline/Makefile
index 015a1ae2da952f..03e56f36ed4d15 100644
--- a/package/libs/readline/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/readline/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=readline
 PKG_VERSION:=8.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/readline
@@ -48,9 +48,13 @@ endef
 HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-shared --with-pic
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += --with-curses --disable-install-examples
 
+HOST_CONFIGURE_VARS += \
+	bash_cv_termcap_lib=libncurses
+
 CONFIGURE_VARS += \
 	bash_cv_wcwidth_broken=no \
 	bash_cv_func_sigsetjmp=yes \
+	bash_cv_termcap_lib=libncursesw
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
 HOST_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/libreadline/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/lib{history,readline}.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/lib{history,readline}.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call HostBuild))
diff --git a/package/libs/readline/patches/010-ncursesw-first.patch b/package/libs/readline/patches/010-ncursesw-first.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d66cc0462290bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libs/readline/patches/010-ncursesw-first.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -7305,6 +7305,9 @@ TERMCAP_DEP=
+ elif test $bash_cv_termcap_lib = libncurses; then
+ TERMCAP_LIB=-lncurses
+ TERMCAP_DEP=
++elif test $bash_cv_termcap_lib = libncursesw; then
++TERMCAP_LIB=-lncursesw
++TERMCAP_DEP=
+ elif test $bash_cv_termcap_lib = libc; then
+ TERMCAP_LIB=
+ TERMCAP_DEP=
+@@ -7340,6 +7343,7 @@ case "$TERMCAP_LIB" in
+ -ltinfo)  TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=tinfo ;;
+ -lcurses) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=ncurses ;;
+ -lncurses) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=ncurses ;;
++-lncursesw) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=ncursesw ;;
+ -ltermcap) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=termcap ;;
+ *) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=termcap ;;
+ esac