diff --git a/recipes/dev/binutils-gdb/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/binutils-gdb/recipe.toml
index 76c258079..6d7d72c7c 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/binutils-gdb/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/binutils-gdb/recipe.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
   "libgmp",
   "libmpfr",
+  "readline",
 # TODO: this zlib get linked when boostrapping binutils
 #    "zlib"
 ]
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     --enable-deterministic-archives
     --disable-werror
 #   --with-system-zlib
+    --with-system-readline
 )
 
 cookbook_configure
-"""
+"""
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