diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez5/bluez5.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez5/bluez5.inc
index 55a5055ff3..ed75db2113 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez5/bluez5.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez5/bluez5.inc
@@ -6,15 +6,16 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2+ & LGPLv2.1+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=12f884d2ae1ff87c09e5b7ccc2c4ca7e \
                     file://COPYING.LIB;md5=fb504b67c50331fc78734fed90fb0e09 \
                     file://src/main.c;beginline=1;endline=24;md5=9bc54b93cd7e17bf03f52513f39f926e"
-DEPENDS = "udev libusb dbus-glib glib-2.0 libcheck readline"
+DEPENDS = "udev libusb dbus-glib glib-2.0 libcheck"
 PROVIDES += "bluez-hcidump"
 RPROVIDES_${PN} += "bluez-hcidump"
 
 RCONFLICTS_${PN} = "bluez4"
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "obex-profiles"
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "obex-profiles readline"
 PACKAGECONFIG[obex-profiles] = "--enable-obex,--disable-obex,libical"
 PACKAGECONFIG[experimental] = "--enable-experimental,--disable-experimental,"
+PACKAGECONFIG[readline] = "--enable-client,--disable-client,readline,"
 
 SRC_URI = "\
     ${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/bluetooth/bluez-${PV}.tar.xz \
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "\
 NOINST_TOOLS_READLINE ??= ""
 NOINST_TOOLS_EXPERIMENTAL ??= ""
 NOINST_TOOLS = " \
-    ${NOINST_TOOLS_READLINE} \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'readline', '${NOINST_TOOLS_READLINE}', '', d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'experimental', '${NOINST_TOOLS_EXPERIMENTAL}', '', d)} \
 "