diff --git a/mingw-w64-readline/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-readline/PKGBUILD
index fbaa268a1f..f9e2cd57a3 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-readline/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-readline/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ _realname=readline
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
 _basever=8.0
-_patchlevel=000
+_patchlevel=001
 pkgver=${_basever}.${_patchlevel}
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="MinGW port of readline for editing typed command lines (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc-libs"
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ fi
 validpgpkeys=('7C0135FB088AAF6C66C650B9BB5869F064EA74AB')
 sha256sums=('e339f51971478d369f8a053a330a190781acb9864cf4c541060f12078948e461'
             'SKIP'
-            '353dcbbc0435c60e33f02f8fb1c2d10e9b966ebe1b3857a0b2e2e268029c6f35')
+            '353dcbbc0435c60e33f02f8fb1c2d10e9b966ebe1b3857a0b2e2e268029c6f35'
+            'd8e5e98933cf5756f862243c0601cb69d3667bb33f2c7b751fe4e40b2c3fd069'
+            'SKIP')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/readline-${_basever}"
diff --git a/mingw-w64-readline/readline80-001 b/mingw-w64-readline/readline80-001
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa72a9dfa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-readline/readline80-001
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+			   READLINE PATCH REPORT
+			   =====================
+
+Readline-Release: 8.0
+Patch-ID: readline80-001
+
+Bug-Reported-by:	chet.ramey@case.edu
+Bug-Reference-ID:
+Bug-Reference-URL:
+
+Bug-Description:
+
+The history file reading code doesn't close the file descriptor open to
+the history file when it encounters a zero-length file.
+
+Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):
+
+*** ../readline-8.0-patched/histfile.c	2018-06-11 09:14:52.000000000 -0400
+--- histfile.c	2019-05-16 15:55:57.000000000 -0400
+***************
+*** 306,309 ****
+--- 312,316 ----
+      {
+        free (input);
++       close (file);
+        return 0;	/* don't waste time if we don't have to */
+      }
+*** ../readline-8.0/patchlevel	2013-11-15 08:11:11.000000000 -0500
+--- patchlevel	2014-03-21 08:28:40.000000000 -0400
+***************
+*** 1,3 ****
+  # Do not edit -- exists only for use by patch
+  
+! 0
+--- 1,3 ----
+  # Do not edit -- exists only for use by patch
+  
+! 1
diff --git a/mingw-w64-readline/readline80-001.sig b/mingw-w64-readline/readline80-001.sig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ca780d61c
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