diff --git a/lfs/readline b/lfs/readline
index 37769c2ca..b8589c4b9 100644
--- a/lfs/readline
+++ b/lfs/readline
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 8.3
-PATCHVER   = 6
+VER        = 8.3.6
+
 #            https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/
 
-THISAPP    = readline-$(VER)
+THISAPP    = readline-$(basename $(VER))
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
 DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar zxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-ifneq "$(PATCHVER)" "0"
-	for i in $$(seq 1 $(PATCHVER)); do \
-		cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np0 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/readline/readline$(subst .,,$(VER))-$$(printf "%03d" "$${i}") || exit 1; \
+ifneq ($(suffix $(VER)),.0)
+	for i in $$(seq 1 $(patsubst .%,%,$(suffix $(VER)))); do \
+		cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np0 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/readline/readline$(subst .,,$(basename $(VER)))-$$(printf "%03d" "$${i}") || exit 1; \
 	done
 endif