diff --git a/modules/bash b/modules/bash
index d42733866..e29fed726 100644
--- a/modules/bash
+++ b/modules/bash
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ bash_configure := CFLAGS="-g0 -Os" LDFLAGS="-s" ./configure \
 	--disable-net-redirections \
 	--enable-single-help-strings \
 	--disable-nls \
-	--disable-readline \
+	--enable-readline \
 
 bash_target := $(MAKE_JOBS) \
 	&& $(MAKE) -C $(build)/$(bash_dir) \