diff --git a/groups/010.host_deps.group b/groups/010.host_deps.group
index bbea39a..4b84ccb 100644
--- a/groups/010.host_deps.group
+++ b/groups/010.host_deps.group
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ HOST_DEPS_PREFIX="${PREFIX}";
 : ${PKG_READLINE_HOST_VERSION:=8.1};
 : ${PKG_READLINE_HOST_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-${PKG_READLINE_HOST_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_READLINE_HOST_CONFIG_CACHE_LOCAL:="${CONFIG_CACHE_GNULIB}"};
+: ${PKG_READLINE_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--with-curses"};
 : ${PKG_READLINE_HOST_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL:="PREFIX= prefix="};
 : ${PKG_RUBY_HOST_SHA256SUM:=ba5ba60e5f1aa21b4ef8e9bf35b9ddb57286cb546aac4b5a28c71f459467e507};
 : ${PKG_RUBY_HOST_VERSION:=2.3.0};