diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
index a84361d5d2..d6f02655ca 100644
--- a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="readline"
-PKG_VERSION="6.2"
+PKG_VERSION="6.3"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-shared \
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="bash_cv_wcwidth_broken=no \
+                           --disable-shared \
                            --enable-static \
                            --with-curses \
                            --without-purify"
diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/patches/readline-6.2-shlib_libs.patch b/packages/devel/readline/patches/readline-6.2-shlib_libs.patch.bk
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/devel/readline/patches/readline-6.2-shlib_libs.patch
rename to packages/devel/readline/patches/readline-6.2-shlib_libs.patch.bk