diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/folks/folks_0.15.9.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/folks/folks_0.15.9.bb
index 899b8da261..0c6a39d492 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/folks/folks_0.15.9.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/folks/folks_0.15.9.bb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[bluez] = "-Dbluez_backend=true,-Dbluez_backend=false,evolution-dat
 PACKAGECONFIG[ofono] = "-Deds_backend=true -Dofono_backend=true,-Dofono_backend=false,evolution-data-server"
 PACKAGECONFIG[telepathy] = "-Dtelepathy_backend=true,-Dtelepathy_backend=false,telepathy-glib dbus-glib"
 PACKAGECONFIG[import_tool] = "-Dimport_tool=true,-Dimport_tool=false,libxml2"
-PACKAGECONFIG[inspect_tool] = "-Dinspect_tool=true,-Dinspect_tool=false"
+PACKAGECONFIG[inspect_tool] = "-Dinspect_tool=true,-Dinspect_tool=false,readline"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""