diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index e617b0fac..73a0dc474 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>June 11, 2004 [winkie]: Force Readline to link against Ncurses.
+</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>June 11, 2004 [alexander]: Added sysvinit-2.85-proclen-1.patch
 </para></listitem>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/readline.xml b/chapter06/readline.xml
index 2694912dc..d4605f5a6 100644
--- a/chapter06/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readline.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ patch:</para>
 
 <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>make SHLIB_XLDFLAGS=-lncurses</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Install the package:</para>