diff --git a/config/ext.json b/config/ext.json
index 1ef704a2..5a29d583 100644
--- a/config/ext.json
+++ b/config/ext.json
@@ -235,13 +235,9 @@
     },
     "readline": {
         "type": "builtin",
-        "arg-type": "with",
+        "arg-type": "with-prefix",
         "lib-depends": [
             "readline"
-        ],
-        "lib-suggests": [
-            "libedit",
-            "ncurses"
         ]
     },
     "redis": {
diff --git a/config/lib.json b/config/lib.json
index e79a1036..c1e871a5 100644
--- a/config/lib.json
+++ b/config/lib.json
@@ -15,6 +15,21 @@
             "brotli"
         ]
     },
+    "ncurses": {
+        "source": "ncurses",
+        "static-libs-unix": [
+            "libncursesw.a"
+        ]
+    },
+    "readline": {
+        "source": "readline",
+        "static-libs-unix": [
+            "libreadline.a"
+        ],
+        "lib-depends": [
+            "ncurses"
+        ]
+    },
     "bzip2": {
         "source": "bzip2",
         "static-libs-unix": [
diff --git a/config/source.json b/config/source.json
index 86eeaf86..144b7015 100644
--- a/config/source.json
+++ b/config/source.json
@@ -41,6 +41,24 @@
             "path": "LICENSE"
         }
     },
+    "ncurses": {
+        "type": "filelist",
+        "url": "https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/",
+        "regex": "/href=\"(?<file>ncurses-(?<version>[^\"]+)\\.tar\\.gz)\"/",
+        "license": {
+            "type": "file",
+            "path": "COPYING"
+        }
+    },
+    "readline": {
+        "type": "filelist",
+        "url": "https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/readline/",
+        "regex": "/href=\"(?<file>readline-(?<version>[^\"]+)\\.tar\\.gz)\"/",
+        "license": {
+            "type": "file",
+            "path": "COPYING"
+        }
+    },
     "ext-zstd": {
         "type": "git",
         "path": "php-src/ext/zstd",
diff --git a/ext-support.md b/ext-support.md
index cd57d2dd..f4e11210 100644
--- a/ext-support.md
+++ b/ext-support.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 | phar       | yes                                                                 | yes                                                                |         |
 | posix      | yes                                                                 | yes                                                                |         |
 | protobuf   | yes                                                                 | yes                                                                |         |
-| readline   |                                                                     |                                                                    |         |
+| readline   | yes, untested                                                       | yes, untested                                                      |         |
 | redis      | yes                                                                 | yes                                                                |         |
 | session    | yes                                                                 | yes                                                                |         |
 | shmop      | yes                                                                 | yes                                                                |         |
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/macos/library/ncurses.php b/src/SPC/builder/macos/library/ncurses.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c362730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/macos/library/ncurses.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace SPC\builder\macos\library;
+
+/**
+ * gmp is a template library class for unix
+ */
+class ncurses extends MacOSLibraryBase
+{
+    use \SPC\builder\unix\library\ncurses;
+
+    public const NAME = 'ncurses';
+}
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/macos/library/readline.php b/src/SPC/builder/macos/library/readline.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bdd38c08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/macos/library/readline.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace SPC\builder\macos\library;
+
+/**
+ * gmp is a template library class for unix
+ */
+class readline extends MacOSLibraryBase
+{
+    use \SPC\builder\unix\library\readline;
+
+    public const NAME = 'readline';
+}
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/unix/library/ncurses.php b/src/SPC/builder/unix/library/ncurses.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5cb54133
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/unix/library/ncurses.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace SPC\builder\unix\library;
+
+trait ncurses
+{
+    protected function build()
+    {
+        shell()->cd($this->source_dir)
+            ->exec(
+                "{$this->builder->configure_env} ./configure " .
+                '--enable-static ' .
+                '--disable-shared ' .
+                '--enable-overwrite ' .
+                '--with-curses-h ' .
+                '--enable-pc-files ' .
+                '--enable-echo ' .
+                '--enable-widec ' .
+                '--with-normal ' .
+                '--with-ticlib ' .
+                '--without-tests ' .
+                '--without-dlsym ' .
+                '--without-debug ' .
+                '-enable-symlinks' .
+                '--bindir=' . BUILD_ROOT_PATH . '/bin ' .
+                '--includedir=' . BUILD_ROOT_PATH . '/include ' .
+                '--libdir=' . BUILD_ROOT_PATH . '/lib ' .
+                '--prefix=' . BUILD_ROOT_PATH
+            )
+            ->exec('make clean')
+            ->exec("make -j{$this->builder->concurrency}")
+            ->exec('make install');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/unix/library/readline.php b/src/SPC/builder/unix/library/readline.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31ea26aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/unix/library/readline.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace SPC\builder\unix\library;
+
+trait readline
+{
+    protected function build()
+    {
+        shell()->cd($this->source_dir)
+            ->exec(
+                "{$this->builder->configure_env} ./configure " .
+                '--enable-static=yes ' .
+                '--enable-shared=no ' .
+                '--prefix= ' .
+                '--with-curses ' .
+                '--enable-multibyte=yes'
+            )
+            ->exec('make clean')
+            ->exec("make -j{$this->builder->concurrency}")
+            ->exec('make install DESTDIR=' . BUILD_ROOT_PATH);
+        $this->patchPkgconfPrefix(['readline.pc']);
+    }
+}