diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.10.6.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.10.6.bb
index 1b28728732..1f8b60a7a5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.10.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.10.6.bb
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG:class-target ??= "readline gdbm ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURE
 PACKAGECONFIG:class-native ??= "readline gdbm"
 PACKAGECONFIG:class-nativesdk ??= "readline gdbm"
 PACKAGECONFIG[readline] = ",,readline"
+PACKAGECONFIG[editline] = "--with-readline=editline,,libedit,,,readline"
 # Use profile guided optimisation by running PyBench inside qemu-user
 PACKAGECONFIG[pgo] = "--enable-optimizations,,qemu-native"
 PACKAGECONFIG[tk] = ",,tk"