diff --git a/srcpkgs/readline/template b/srcpkgs/readline/template
index 78a9a7d6eb3..9b845cd2ecc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/readline/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/readline/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ _dist_ver=7.0
 _patch_ver=005
 version="${_dist_ver}.${_patch_ver}"
 revision=2
+bootstrap=yes
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_dist_ver}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-curses --enable-multibyte"