diff -ru readline-7.0.orig/shlib/Makefile.in readline-7.0/shlib/Makefile.in
--- readline-7.0.orig/shlib/Makefile.in	2015-07-13 00:41:58.000000000 +0200
+++ readline-7.0/shlib/Makefile.in	2017-12-30 00:39:53.919481249 +0100
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 SHOBJ_LIBS = @SHOBJ_LIBS@
 
 SHLIB_XLDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ @SHLIB_XLDFLAGS@
-SHLIB_LIBS = @SHLIB_LIBS@
+SHLIB_LIBS = @SHLIB_LIBS@ -lncurses
 
 SHLIB_DOT = @SHLIB_DOT@
 SHLIB_LIBPREF = @SHLIB_LIBPREF@