diff --git a/component/rpy2/buildout.cfg b/component/rpy2/buildout.cfg
index ca0edc9fc9e694a5fcc0647b3b731504b4a97e2e..4a1bdd78f5b411416d4f927a6083fc8f9f1a3427 100644
--- a/component/rpy2/buildout.cfg
+++ b/component/rpy2/buildout.cfg
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ rpath =
   ${gcc-fortran:location}/lib
   ${gcc-fortran:location}/lib64
   ${pcre:location}/lib
+  ${readline5:location}/lib
   ${xz-utils:location}/lib
 library-dirs =
   ${pcre:location}/lib
+  ${readline5:location}/lib
   ${xz-utils:location}/lib
+include-dirs =
+  ${readline5:location}/include