diff --git a/pkgs/fennelrepl/default.nix b/pkgs/fennelrepl/default.nix
index 174959a..85f9775 100644
--- a/pkgs/fennelrepl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/fennelrepl/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ let packages = [
       anoia
       fennel
       netlink-lua
+      lua.pkgs.readline
       lua.pkgs.luafilesystem
     ];
     join = ps: builtins.concatStringsSep ";" ps;