--- js/moz.configure.orig	2020-08-17 18:33:37 UTC
+++ js/moz.configure
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ def editline(js_shell, is_windows, compile_environment
 js_option('--enable-readline', help='Link js shell to system readline library',
           when=editline)
 
-has_readline = check_symbol('readline', flags=['-lreadline'], when='--enable-readline',
+has_readline = check_symbol('readline', flags=['-lreadline', '-L%%LOCALBASE%%/lib'], when='--enable-readline',
                             onerror=lambda: die('No system readline library found'))
 
 set_config('EDITLINE_LIBS', ['-lreadline'], when=has_readline)