diff --git a/srcpkgs/seed/template b/srcpkgs/seed/template
index 7960a4edbb0..aa4c0392ef6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/seed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/seed/template
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/3.8/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=80cb4db7fa6f6cf8d3e255fc45a81657388d458bc8bf23e4089e35f69eeaac32
 
+pre_configure() {
+	# Fix for readline>=6.3
+	sed -e 's,(Function \*),,g' -i modules/readline/seed-readline.c
+}
+
 libseed-devel_package() {
 	depends="webkitgtk-devel libgirepository-devel libglib-devel
 		libseed-${version}_${revision}"