diff --git a/base/readline/fix-ncurses-underlinking.patch b/base/readline/fix-ncurses-underlinking.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..181febf82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/readline/fix-ncurses-underlinking.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../readline/fix-ncurses-underlinking.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2016 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+--- ./shlib/Makefile.in.orig
++++ ./shlib/Makefile.in
+@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
+ SHOBJ_LIBS = @SHOBJ_LIBS@
+ 
+ SHLIB_XLDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ @SHLIB_XLDFLAGS@
+-SHLIB_LIBS = @SHLIB_LIBS@
++SHLIB_LIBS = @SHLIB_LIBS@ -lncursesw
+ 
+ SHLIB_DOT = @SHLIB_DOT@
+ SHLIB_LIBPREF = @SHLIB_LIBPREF@
+