diff --git a/airplaypi_defconfig.in b/airplaypi_defconfig.in
index 6b0eef0..743aaf3 100644
--- a/airplaypi_defconfig.in
+++ b/airplaypi_defconfig.in
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_XZ=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_BRCMFMAC_SDIO_FIRMWARE_RPI=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_BRCMFMAC_SDIO_FIRMWARE_RPI_BT=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_BRCMFMAC_SDIO_FIRMWARE_RPI_WIFI=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_RPI_FIRMWARE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_RPI_FIRMWARE_BOOTCODE_BIN=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_RPI_FIRMWARE_VARIANT_PI=y