diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
index 0e29986f25..76cd7b36e8 100644
--- a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
@@ -18,5 +18,8 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="bash_cv_wcwidth_broken=no \
                            --with-curses"
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
+  # fix static library
+  sed -i 's/-lreadline/-lreadline -lncursesw/' ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/readline.pc
+
   rm -rf ${INSTALL}/usr/share/readline
 }