--- gnucobol4-4.0~2022.11.11.svn.4819.orig/bin/Makefile.am
+++ gnucobol4-4.0~2022.11.11.svn.4819/bin/Makefile.am
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_bu
 AM_CFLAGS = $(CODE_COVERAGE_CFLAGS)
 cobcrun_LDADD = $(COMMON_LIBS)
 gcdiff_LDADD = $(COMMON_LIBS)
-cobfile_LDADD =$(COMMON_LIBS)
+cobfile_LDADD = $(COMMON_LIBS) $(READLINE_LIBS)
 
 # Add rules for code-coverage testing, as provided AX_CODE_COVERAGE
 include $(top_srcdir)/aminclude_static.am
--- gnucobol4-4.0~2022.11.11.svn.4819.orig/configure.ac
+++ gnucobol4-4.0~2022.11.11.svn.4819/configure.ac
@@ -857,7 +857,8 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([$USE_MATH], [__gmp_get_mem
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB([readline], [readline],
  [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_READLINE], [1])
-  LIBCOB_LIBS="$LIBCOB_LIBS -lreadline" ], [], [])
+  LIBCOB_LIBS="$LIBCOB_LIBS -lreadline"
+  READLINE_LIBS="-lreadline" ], [], [])
 
 dnl
 dnl Configure options part II (needing compilation)
@@ -2646,6 +2647,7 @@ AC_SUBST([QUOTE_INCLUDE_FLAG])
 AC_SUBST([COBC_CPPFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([PROGRAMS_LIBS])
 AC_SUBST([LIBCOB_LIBS])
+AC_SUBST([READLINE_LIBS])
 AC_SUBST([LIBCOB_CPPFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([LIBCOB_VER])
 AC_SUBST([CISAM_LIBS])