diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3_p8-r3.ebuild b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3_p8-r3.ebuild
index 724f7463f3dc4..06ce2a1e2a462 100644
--- a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3_p8-r3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3_p8-r3.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 
-inherit eutils multilib toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic multilib-minimal usr-ldscript
+inherit eutils multilib toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic multilib-minimal preserve-libs usr-ldscript
 
 # Official patches
 # See ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/readline-6.3-patches/
diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/readline-7.0_p5-r1.ebuild b/sys-libs/readline/readline-7.0_p5-r1.ebuild
index f9ba8f533c703..36cd5015f8844 100644
--- a/sys-libs/readline/readline-7.0_p5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/readline/readline-7.0_p5-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-inherit flag-o-matic multilib-minimal toolchain-funcs usr-ldscript
+inherit flag-o-matic multilib-minimal toolchain-funcs preserve-libs usr-ldscript
 
 # Official patches
 # See ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/readline-7.0-patches/