diff --git a/templates/readline/depends b/templates/readline/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f0b0358f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/readline/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=6.0
+api_depends=${abi_depends}
diff --git a/templates/readline/devel.template b/templates/readline/devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bdcddec0d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/readline/devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Template file for 'readline-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run readline-libs
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info
+
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/readline ${DESTDIR}/usr/share
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man3 ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
+	for f in history rluserman; do
+		mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/info/${f}.info \
+			${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info
+	done
+}
diff --git a/templates/readline/template b/templates/readline/template
index c3a66c60c76..04a8a6447a8 100644
--- a/templates/readline/template
+++ b/templates/readline/template
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'readline'.
 pkgname=readline
+sourcepkg=$pkgname
 version=6.0
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
@@ -16,8 +17,7 @@ long_desc="
  those lines, and perform csh-like history expansion on previous
  commands."
 
-base_chroot=yes
-
+subpackages="devel"
 Add_dependency full	glibc
 Add_dependency build	ncurses
 Add_dependency run	ncurses-libs