diff --git a/internal/rosa/all.go b/internal/rosa/all.go
index bf2ac566..73061a64 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/all.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/all.go
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ const (
 	PythonPygments
 	QEMU
 	Rdfind
+	Readline
 	Rsync
 	Sed
 	Setuptools
diff --git a/internal/rosa/gnu.go b/internal/rosa/gnu.go
index f4f09b4d..0275e766 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/gnu.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/gnu.go
@@ -837,6 +837,29 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (t Toolchain) newReadline() (pkg.Artifact, string) {
+	const (
+		version  = "8.3"
+		checksum = "r-lcGRJq_MvvBpOq47Z2Y1OI2iqrmtcqhTLVXR0xWo37ZpC2uT_md7gKq5o_qTMV"
+	)
+	return t.NewPackage("readline", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+		nil, "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-"+version+".tar.gz",
+		mustDecode(checksum),
+		pkg.TarGzip,
+	), nil, (*MakeHelper)(nil)), version
+}
+func init() {
+	artifactsM[Readline] = Metadata{
+		f: Toolchain.newReadline,
+
+		Name:        "readline",
+		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",
+
+		ID: 4173,
+	}
+}
+
 func (t Toolchain) newGnuTLS() (pkg.Artifact, string) {
 	const (
 		version  = "3.8.12"