diff --git a/srcpkgs/libreadline8/patches/accept-ncursesw.patch b/srcpkgs/libreadline8/patches/accept-ncursesw.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf61c3be36d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libreadline8/patches/accept-ncursesw.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+From bde0dff47d76a874bcbb5e75a74f6db83b90da5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Kolesa <daniel@octaforge.org>
+Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 02:41:14 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] add support for using ncursesw pkg-config library
+
+---
+ aclocal.m4   | 3 +++
+ configure    | 4 ++++
+ configure.ac | 1 +
+ 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git aclocal.m4 aclocal.m4
+index 1413267..16775a9 100644
+--- aclocal.m4
++++ aclocal.m4
+@@ -981,6 +981,9 @@ TERMCAP_DEP=
+ elif test $bash_cv_termcap_lib = libncurses; then
+ TERMCAP_LIB=-lncurses
+ TERMCAP_DEP=
++elif test $bash_cv_termcap_lib = libncursesw; then
++TERMCAP_LIB=-lncursesw
++TERMCAP_DEP=
+ elif test $bash_cv_termcap_lib = libc; then
+ TERMCAP_LIB=
+ TERMCAP_DEP=
+diff --git configure configure
+index c9b7ade..7d7bce0 100755
+--- configure
++++ configure
+@@ -6328,6 +6328,9 @@ TERMCAP_DEP=
+ elif test $bash_cv_termcap_lib = libncurses; then
+ TERMCAP_LIB=-lncurses
+ TERMCAP_DEP=
++elif test $bash_cv_termcap_lib = libncursesw; then
++TERMCAP_LIB=-lncursesw
++TERMCAP_DEP=
+ elif test $bash_cv_termcap_lib = libc; then
+ TERMCAP_LIB=
+ TERMCAP_DEP=
+@@ -6363,6 +6366,7 @@ case "$TERMCAP_LIB" in
+ -ltinfo)  TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=tinfo ;;
+ -lcurses) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=ncurses ;;
+ -lncurses) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=ncurses ;;
++-lncursesw) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=ncursesw ;;
+ -ltermcap) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=termcap ;;
+ *) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=termcap ;;
+ esac
+diff --git configure.ac configure.ac
+index b73e37b..db788a6 100644
+--- configure.ac
++++ configure.ac
+@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ case "$TERMCAP_LIB" in
+ -ltinfo)  TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=tinfo ;;
+ -lcurses) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=ncurses ;;
+ -lncurses) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=ncurses ;;
++-lncursesw) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=ncursesw ;;
+ -ltermcap) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=termcap ;;
+ *) TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB=termcap ;;
+ esac
+-- 
+2.29.2
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libreadline8/patches/no-rpath-and-link.patch b/srcpkgs/libreadline8/patches/no-rpath-and-link.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15eadf1524c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libreadline8/patches/no-rpath-and-link.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+From 78a3bfc099027df04d01012b91e707c99eaf1c8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Kolesa <daniel@octaforge.org>
+Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 02:49:21 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] drop rpath and link against the termcap library
+
+---
+ configure          | 8 ++++----
+ configure.ac       | 8 ++++----
+ support/shobj-conf | 2 +-
+ 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git configure configure
+index 7d7bce0..eff4e76 100755
+--- configure
++++ configure
+@@ -6823,10 +6823,10 @@ if test -f ${srcdir}/support/shobj-conf; then
+ $as_echo_n "checking configuration for building shared libraries... " >&6; }
+         eval `TERMCAP_LIB=$TERMCAP_LIB ${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh} ${srcdir}/support/shobj-conf -C "${CC}" -c ${host_cpu} -o ${host_os} -v ${host_vendor}`
+ 
+-#	case "$SHLIB_LIBS" in
+-#	*curses*|*termcap*|*termlib*)	;;
+-#	*)			SHLIB_LIBS="$SHLIB_LIBS $TERMCAP_LIB" ;;
+-#	esac
++	case "$SHLIB_LIBS" in
++	*curses*|*termcap*|*termlib*)	;;
++	*)			SHLIB_LIBS="$SHLIB_LIBS $TERMCAP_LIB" ;;
++	esac
+ 
+ 
+ 
+diff --git configure.ac configure.ac
+index db788a6..9ac3eef 100644
+--- configure.ac
++++ configure.ac
+@@ -227,10 +227,10 @@ if test -f ${srcdir}/support/shobj-conf; then
+         AC_MSG_CHECKING(configuration for building shared libraries)
+         eval `TERMCAP_LIB=$TERMCAP_LIB ${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh} ${srcdir}/support/shobj-conf -C "${CC}" -c ${host_cpu} -o ${host_os} -v ${host_vendor}`
+ 
+-#	case "$SHLIB_LIBS" in
+-#	*curses*|*termcap*|*termlib*)	;;
+-#	*)			SHLIB_LIBS="$SHLIB_LIBS $TERMCAP_LIB" ;;
+-#	esac
++	case "$SHLIB_LIBS" in
++	*curses*|*termcap*|*termlib*)	;;
++	*)			SHLIB_LIBS="$SHLIB_LIBS $TERMCAP_LIB" ;;
++	esac
+ 	
+         AC_SUBST(SHOBJ_CC)
+         AC_SUBST(SHOBJ_CFLAGS)
+diff --git support/shobj-conf support/shobj-conf
+index 7920f1b..7ac9c9f 100644
+--- support/shobj-conf
++++ support/shobj-conf
+@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ linux*-*|gnu*-*|k*bsd*-gnu-*|freebsd*-gentoo)
+ 	SHOBJ_LD='${CC}'
+ 	SHOBJ_LDFLAGS='-shared -Wl,-soname,$@'
+ 
+-	SHLIB_XLDFLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,$(libdir) -Wl,-soname,`basename $@ $(SHLIB_MINOR)`'
++	SHLIB_XLDFLAGS='-Wl,-soname,`basename $@ $(SHLIB_MINOR)`'
+ 	SHLIB_LIBVERSION='$(SHLIB_LIBSUFF).$(SHLIB_MAJOR)$(SHLIB_MINOR)'
+ 	;;
+ 
+-- 
+2.29.2
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libreadline8/template b/srcpkgs/libreadline8/template
index c67a36adcc0..4f24bd643c1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libreadline8/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libreadline8/template
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ pkgname=libreadline8
 _dist_ver=8.0
 _patch_ver=004
 version="${_dist_ver}.${_patch_ver}"
-revision=1
+revision=2
 bootstrap=yes
 wrksrc="readline-${_dist_ver}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--with-curses --enable-multibyte"
+configure_args="--with-curses --enable-multibyte bash_cv_termcap_lib=libncursesw"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
 short_desc="GNU Readline Library"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
@@ -34,16 +34,9 @@ post_patch() {
 		patch -s -Np0 -i ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/readline${_dist_ver/./}-${p}
 		msg_normal " Applying patch readline${_dist_ver/./}-$p.\n"
 	done
-	vsed -e 's|-Wl,-rpath,$(libdir) ||g' -i support/shobj-conf
 }
 
-do_build() {
-	make ${makejobs} LDFLAGS="-lncurses" SHLIB_LIBS="-lncurses"
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} LDFLAGS="-lncurses" SHLIB_LIBS="-lncurses" install
-
+post_install() {
 	# Examples and README, COPYING, INSTALL
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/{readline,doc}
 }