diff --git a/recipes/readline/readline-6.2/patch-shobj-conf.patch b/recipes/readline/readline-6.2/patch-shobj-conf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfe3a19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/readline/readline-6.2/patch-shobj-conf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -urN readline-6.2/support/shobj-conf readline-6.2.mod/support/shobj-conf
+--- readline-6.2/support/shobj-conf	2009-10-28 14:20:21.000000000 +0100
++++ readline-6.2.mod/support/shobj-conf	2012-10-09 12:30:52.000000000 +0200
+@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
+ 			SHLIB_XLDFLAGS='-dynamiclib -arch_only `/usr/bin/arch` -install_name $(libdir)/$@ -current_version $(SHLIB_MAJOR)$(SHLIB_MINOR) -compatibility_version $(SHLIB_MAJOR) -v'
+ 			;;
+ 	*)		SHOBJ_LDFLAGS='-dynamic'
+-			SHLIB_XLDFLAGS='-arch_only `/usr/bin/arch` -install_name $(libdir)/$@ -current_version $(SHLIB_MAJOR)$(SHLIB_MINOR) -compatibility_version $(SHLIB_MAJOR) -v'
++			SHLIB_XLDFLAGS='-dynamiclib -arch_only `/usr/bin/arch` -install_name $(libdir)/$@ -current_version $(SHLIB_MAJOR)$(SHLIB_MINOR) -compatibility_version $(SHLIB_MAJOR) -v'
+ 			;;
+ 	esac
+ 
diff --git a/recipes/readline/readline_6.2.oe b/recipes/readline/readline_6.2.oe
index 8d8fe3c..c82aac2 100644
--- a/recipes/readline/readline_6.2.oe
+++ b/recipes/readline/readline_6.2.oe
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 LICENSE = "GPL-3.0+"
 
 require readline.inc
+
+SRC_URI:>TARGET_OS_darwin = " file://patch-shobj-conf.patch"