Index: utils/bc/Makefile
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--- utils/bc/Makefile	(revision 24928)
+++ utils/bc/Makefile	(working copy)
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 define Package/bc
   $(call Package/bc/Default)
   TITLE:=Arbitrary precision calculator language
+  DEPENDS:=+libreadline
 endef
 
 define Package/bc/description
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@
  precision arithmetic.
 endef
 
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += --with-readline
+
 define Package/bc/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/bc/bc $(1)/usr/bin/