diff --git a/devel/readline/Makefile b/devel/readline/Makefile
index 34820ecedc0d..36a5590c925e 100644
--- a/devel/readline/Makefile
+++ b/devel/readline/Makefile
@@ -1,49 +1,49 @@
 # Created by: Frank Laszlo <laszlof@vonostingroup.com>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	readline
 PORTVERSION=	8.0.${PATCHLEVEL}
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	GNU
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:R}
 
 PATCH_SITES=	GNU/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:R}-patches
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for editing command lines as they are typed
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		cpe
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 INFO=		history readline rluserman
 PORTDOCS=	CHANGES INSTALL README
 
 CPE_VENDOR=	gnu
 CPE_VERSION=	${PORTVERSION:R}
 CPE_UPDATE=	${PATCHLEVEL}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 PATCHES=	1 2 3 4
 PATCHLEVEL=	${PATCHES:O:[-1]}
 #PATCHLEVEL=	0
 .for patch in ${PATCHES}
 PATCHFILES+=	${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:R:S|.||}-${patch:S|^|00|:S|.*(...)$|\1|}
 .endfor
 
 post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/SYS_INPUTRC/ s|/etc/inputrc|${LOCALBASE}&|' ${WRKSRC}/rlconf.h
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%PREFIX%%|${PREFIX}|' ${WRKSRC}/rlconf.h
 .if exists(/usr/lib/libtermcapw.so)
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|-ltermcap|-ltermcapw|g' ${WRKSRC}/configure
 .endif
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libhistory.so.8.0 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libreadline.so.8.0
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/readline/files/patch-rlconf.h b/devel/readline/files/patch-rlconf.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f4041ea580db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/readline/files/patch-rlconf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- rlconf.h.orig	2017-02-21 15:25:30 UTC
++++ rlconf.h
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
+ #define DEFAULT_INPUTRC "~/.inputrc"
+ 
+ /* The ultimate last-ditch filename for an init file -- system-wide. */
+-#define SYS_INPUTRC "/etc/inputrc"
++#define SYS_INPUTRC "%%PREFIX%%/etc/inputrc"
+ 
+ /* If defined, expand tabs to spaces. */
+ #define DISPLAY_TABS