diff --git a/mingw-w64-gdb/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-gdb/PKGBUILD
index 35e461fa5b..c96488ae97 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-gdb/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-gdb/PKGBUILD
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ groups=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-toolchain")
 depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-expat"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libiconv"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2"
-         "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-zlib")
+         "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-zlib"
+         "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-readline")
 checkdepends=('dejagnu' 'bc')
 makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-iconv"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ncurses"
@@ -75,10 +76,11 @@ build() {
     --with-system-gdbinit=${MINGW_PREFIX}/etc/gdbinit \
     --with-python=${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python-config-u.sh \
     --with-expat \
+    --with-system-readline \
     --with-libiconv-prefix=${MINGW_PREFIX} \
     --with-zlib \
     --with-lzma \
-    --disable-tui
+    --enable-tui
 
   make
 }