diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
index cf321c62b2..fb384e11bc 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[libcap-ng] = "--enable-setpriv,--disable-setpriv,libcap-ng,"
 # Build python bindings for libmount
 PACKAGECONFIG[pylibmount] = "--with-python --enable-pylibmount,--without-python --disable-pylibmount,python"
 
+# Readline support
+PACKAGECONFIG[readline] = "--with-readline,--without-readline,readline"
+
 FILES_${PN}-bash-completion += "${datadir}/bash-completion"
 FILES_${PN}-doc += "${datadir}/getopt/getopt-*.*"