diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.3.patch b/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-7.0.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.3.patch
rename to sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-7.0.patch
diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3.recipe b/sys-libs/readline/readline-7.0.recipe
similarity index 77%
rename from sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3.recipe
rename to sys-libs/readline/readline-7.0.recipe
index 2568160ce..338bca067 100644
--- a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3.recipe
+++ b/sys-libs/readline/readline-7.0.recipe
@@ -10,20 +10,20 @@ The history facilites are also placed into a separate library, the History \
 library, as part of the build process. The History library may be used without \
 Readline in applications which desire its capabilities."
 HOMEPAGE="http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html"
-COPYRIGHT="1989-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+COPYRIGHT="1989-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
-REVISION="2"
-SOURCE_URI="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="56ba6071b9462f980c5a72ab0023893b65ba6debb4eeb475d7a563dc65cafd43"
-PATCHES="readline-6.3.patch"
+PATCHES="readline-$portVersion.patch"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
 PROVIDES="
-	readline$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 6
-	lib:libhistory$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 6
-	lib:libreadline$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 6
+	readline$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 7
+	lib:libhistory$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 7
+	lib:libreadline$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 7
 	"
 REQUIRES="
 	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ REQUIRES="
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
 	readline${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
-	devel:libhistory$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 6
-	devel:libreadline$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 6
+	devel:libhistory$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 7
+	devel:libreadline$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 7
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
 	readline$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:make
 	"
 
+defineDebugInfoPackage readline \
+	$libDir/libhistory.so.7.0 \
+	$libDir/libreadline.so.7.0
+
 BUILD()
 {
 	libtoolize --force --copy --install