diff --git a/src/lua/ftl_lua.c b/src/lua/ftl_lua.c
index 5f448406..0948ed06 100644
--- a/src/lua/ftl_lua.c
+++ b/src/lua/ftl_lua.c
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 #include "../files.h"
 // get_web_theme_str
 #include "../datastructure.h"
+#if HAVE_READLINE
 #include <readline/history.h>
+#endif
 #include <wordexp.h>
 #include "scripts/scripts.h"