diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 085554bbc..c9857ba1e 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2011-03-14</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Add latest upstream patches for Readline-6.2.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Add latest upstream patches for Bash-4.2. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2841">#2841</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index cb948a7d5..f16f55fa6 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>bash-&bash-version;-fixes-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>readline-&readline-version;-fixes-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 
   <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 838067a86..44512f582 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term>Readline Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&readline-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&readline-fixes-patch;"/></para>
+        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&readline-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
     <!-- <varlistentry>
       <term>Shadow Useradd Patch - <token>&shadow-useradd-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/readline.xml b/chapter06/readline.xml
index b956d3671..f56bb7a60 100644
--- a/chapter06/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readline.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/MV.*old/d' Makefile.in
 sed -i '/{OLDSUFF}/c:' support/shlib-install</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>Apply a patch to fix a known bug that has been fixed upstream:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&readline-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Prepare Readline for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index ad912d0cf..9f88262d7 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@
 <!ENTITY procps-watch-patch-size "3.5 KB">
 
 
+<!ENTITY readline-fixes-patch "readline-&readline-version;-fixes-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY readline-fixes-patch-md5 "3c185f7b76001d3d0af614f6f2cd5dfa">
+<!ENTITY readline-fixes-patch-size "1.3 KB">
+
+
 <!-- <!ENTITY shadow-useradd-patch "shadow-&shadow-version;-useradd_fix-2.patch">
 <!ENTITY shadow-useradd-patch-md5 "5f35528f38d5432d5fa2dd79d04bdfdd">
 <!ENTITY shadow-useradd-patch-size "6.1 KB"> -->