diff --git a/srcpkgs/cdecl/template b/srcpkgs/cdecl/template
index e1ee41aec95..7f63906c4b0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cdecl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cdecl/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'cdecl'
 pkgname=cdecl
 version=2.5
-revision=1
-wrksrc=${pkgname}-blocks-${version}
+revision=2
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-blocks-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-make_build_args="LIBS=-lreadline"
+make_build_args="-e"
 hostmakedepends="flex"
 makedepends="readline-devel"
 short_desc="Compose C and C++ type declarations"
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ CFLAGS="-DUSE_READLINE"
 pre_build() {
 	flex -l -o cdlex.c cdlex.l
 	sed -i 's/getline/cdgetline/' cdecl.c
+	export LIBS="$LDFLAGS -lreadline"
 }
 
 do_install() {