diff --git a/options.conf.d/system.conf b/options.conf.d/system.conf
index 83f5503..55e5f3d 100644
--- a/options.conf.d/system.conf
+++ b/options.conf.d/system.conf
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers tools
 
 sys-auth/ConsoleKit2 cgroups polkit
 
-dev-lang/python tk
+dev-lang/python tk readline
 
 # needed for valgrind
 sys-libs/glibc build_options: symbols=preserve