diff --git a/internal/rosa/gnu.go b/internal/rosa/gnu.go
index 0275e766..521ef749 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/gnu.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/gnu.go
@@ -846,7 +846,14 @@ func (t Toolchain) newReadline() (pkg.Artifact, string) {
 		nil, "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-"+version+".tar.gz",
 		mustDecode(checksum),
 		pkg.TarGzip,
-	), nil, (*MakeHelper)(nil)), version
+	), nil, &MakeHelper{
+		Configure: []KV{
+			{"with-curses"},
+			{"with-shared-termcap-library"},
+		},
+	},
+		Ncurses,
+	), version
 }
 func init() {
 	artifactsM[Readline] = Metadata{
@@ -856,6 +863,10 @@ func init() {
 		Description: "provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in",
 		Website:     "https://tiswww.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html",
 
+		Dependencies: P{
+			Ncurses,
+		},
+
 		ID: 4173,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/rosa/ncurses.go b/internal/rosa/ncurses.go
index be8a8e0d..ec1022d9 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/ncurses.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/ncurses.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ func (t Toolchain) newNcurses() (pkg.Artifact, string) {
 		Configure: []KV{
 			{"with-pkg-config"},
 			{"enable-pc-files"},
+			{"with-shared"},
+			{"with-cxx-shared"},
 		},
 	},
 		PkgConfig,