diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.2.patch b/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c3f005381..000000000
--- a/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur orig/readline-6.2/support/shlib-install readline-6.2/support/shlib-install
---- orig/readline-6.2/support/shlib-install	2009-10-28 14:30:18.057409536 +0100
-+++ readline-6.2/support/shlib-install	2013-05-03 01:12:28.695468032 +0200
-@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
- # Create symlinks to the installed library.  This section is incomplete.
- #
- case "$host_os-$host_vendor" in
--*linux*|freebsd*-gentoo)
-+*linux*|freebsd*-gentoo|haiku*)
- 	# libname.so.M -> libname.so.M.N
- 	${echo} ${RM} ${INSTALLDIR}/$LINK2
- 	if [ -z "$uninstall" ]; then
-diff -ur orig/readline-6.2/support/shobj-conf readline-6.2/support/shobj-conf
---- orig/readline-6.2/support/shobj-conf	2009-10-28 14:20:21.057147392 +0100
-+++ readline-6.2/support/shobj-conf	2013-05-03 01:12:38.631242752 +0200
-@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
- 	;;
- 
- # All versions of Linux (including Gentoo/FreeBSD) or the semi-mythical GNU Hurd.
--linux*-*|gnu*-*|k*bsd*-gnu-*|freebsd*-gentoo)
-+linux*-*|gnu*-*|k*bsd*-gnu-*|freebsd*-gentoo|haiku*)
- 	SHOBJ_CFLAGS=-fPIC
- 	SHOBJ_LD='${CC}'
- 	SHOBJ_LDFLAGS='-shared -Wl,-soname,$@'
diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.2.recipe b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3.8.recipe
similarity index 64%
rename from sys-libs/readline/readline-6.2.recipe
rename to sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3.8.recipe
index 5b5da5687..ec8d546b1 100644
--- a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.2.recipe
+++ b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3.8.recipe
@@ -13,13 +13,25 @@ Readline in applications which desire its capabilities.
 HOMEPAGE="http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html"
 COPYRIGHT="1989-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
-SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.2.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="79a696070a058c233c72dd6ac697021cc64abd5ed51e59db867d66d196a89381"
-REVISION="5"
+SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="56ba6071b9462f980c5a72ab0023893b65ba6debb4eeb475d7a563dc65cafd43"
+for i in {001..008}; do
+	eval "SRC_URI_$i=\"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3-patches/readline63-$i#noarchive\""
+done
+CHECKSUM_SHA256_001="1a79bbb6eaee750e0d6f7f3d059b30a45fc54e8e388a8e05e9c3ae598590146f"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256_002="39e304c7a526888f9e112e733848215736fb7b9d540729b9e31f3347b7a1e0a5"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256_003="ec41bdd8b00fd884e847708513df41d51b1243cecb680189e31b7173d01ca52f"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256_004="4547b906fb2570866c21887807de5dee19838a60a1afb66385b272155e4355cc"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256_005="877788f9228d1a9907a4bcfe3d6dd0439c08d728949458b41208d9bf9060274b"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256_006="5c237ab3c6c97c23cf52b2a118adc265b7fb411b57c93a5f7c221d50fafbe556"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256_007="4d79b5a2adec3c2e8114cbd3d63c1771f7c6cf64035368624903d257014f5bea"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256_008="3bc093cf526ceac23eb80256b0ec87fa1735540d659742107b6284d635c43787"
+SOURCE_DIR="readline-6.3"
+REVISION="1"
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
-PATCHES="readline-6.2.patch"
+PATCHES="readline-6.3.patch"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	readline$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 6
@@ -43,6 +55,12 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:make
 	"
 
+PATCH()
+{
+	for i in {001..008}; do
+		patch -p0 < ../../sources-$i/readline63-$i
+	done
+}
 
 BUILD()
 {