Index: build_tools/menuselect-deps.in
===================================================================
--- build_tools/menuselect-deps.in	(revision 226061)
+++ build_tools/menuselect-deps.in	(working copy)
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 IXJUSER=@PBX_IXJUSER@
 JACK=@PBX_JACK@
 LDAP=@PBX_LDAP@
+LIBEDIT=@PBX_LIBEDIT@
 LTDL=@PBX_LTDL@
 LUA=@PBX_LUA@
 MISDN=@PBX_MISDN@
Index: configure.ac
===================================================================
--- configure.ac	(revision 226061)
+++ configure.ac	(working copy)
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
 AST_EXT_LIB_SETUP([ISDNNET], [ISDN4Linux Library], [isdnnet])
 AST_EXT_LIB_SETUP([JACK], [Jack Audio Connection Kit], [jack])
 AST_EXT_LIB_SETUP([LDAP], [OpenLDAP], [ldap])
+AST_EXT_LIB_SETUP([LIBEDIT], [NetBSD Editline library], [libedit])
 AST_EXT_LIB_SETUP([LTDL], [libtool], [ltdl])
 AST_EXT_LIB_SETUP([LUA], [Lua], [lua])
 AST_EXT_LIB_SETUP([MISDN], [mISDN User Library], [misdn])
@@ -1593,6 +1594,27 @@
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([SDL_IMAGE], [SDL_image], [IMG_Load], [SDL_image.h], [${SDL_LIB}], [${SDL_INCLUDE}])
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([FFMPEG], [avcodec], [sws_getContext], [ffmpeg/avcodec.h], [-lpthread -lz -lm])
 
+PBX_LIBEDIT=0
+LIBEDIT_INCLUDE=-Ieditline/readline
+LIBEDIT_LIB=
+LIBEDIT_OBJ=editline/libedit.a
+if test  "${USE_LIBEDIT}" != "no"; then
+   AC_CHECK_TOOL(PKGCONFIG, pkg-config, no)
+   if test "${PKGCONFIG}" != "no"; then
+      if ${PKGCONFIG} --exists libedit; then
+         LIBEDIT_INCLUDE=$(${PKGCONFIG} libedit --cflags)
+         LIBEDIT_LIB=$(${PKGCONFIG} libedit --libs)
+         LIBEDIT_OBJ=
+         PBX_LIBEDIT=1
+         AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBEDIT], 1, [Define if your system has the NetBSD Editline libraries.])
+      fi
+   fi
+fi
+AC_SUBST(PBX_LIBEDIT)
+AC_SUBST(LIBEDIT_INCLUDE)
+AC_SUBST(LIBEDIT_LIB)
+AC_SUBST(LIBEDIT_OBJ)
+
 # possible places for video4linux version 1
 AC_CHECK_HEADER([linux/videodev.h],
 	[AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([HAVE_VIDEODEV_H], 1, [Define to 1 if your system has linux/videodev.h.])])
Index: main/Makefile
===================================================================
--- main/Makefile	(revision 226061)
+++ main/Makefile	(working copy)
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@
 	$(CC) -g -o testexpr2 ast_expr2f.o ast_expr2.o -lm
 	rm ast_expr2.o ast_expr2f.o 
 
+cli.o: ASTCFLAGS+=$(LIBEDIT_INCLUDE)
+
 ifneq ($(findstring ENABLE_UPLOADS,$(MENUSELECT_CFLAGS)),)
 http.o: _ASTCFLAGS+=$(GMIME_INCLUDE)
 endif
@@ -161,13 +163,13 @@
 GMIMELDFLAGS+=$(GMIME_LIB)
 endif
 
-$(MAIN_TGT): $(OBJS) editline/libedit.a db1-ast/libdb1.a $(AST_EMBED_LDSCRIPTS)
+$(MAIN_TGT): $(OBJS) $(LIBEDIT_OBJ) db1-ast/libdb1.a $(AST_EMBED_LDSCRIPTS)
 	@$(CC) -c -o buildinfo.o $(_ASTCFLAGS) buildinfo.c $(ASTCFLAGS)
 	$(ECHO_PREFIX) echo "   [LD] $^ -> $@"
 ifneq ($(findstring chan_h323,$(MENUSELECT_CHANNELS)),)
-	$(CMD_PREFIX) $(CC) $(STATIC_BUILD) -o $@ $(ASTLINK) $(AST_EMBED_LDFLAGS) $(ASTLDFLAGS) $^ buildinfo.o $(AST_LIBS) $(AST_EMBED_LIBS) $(GMIMELDFLAGS)
+	$(CMD_PREFIX) $(CC) $(STATIC_BUILD) -o $@ $(ASTLINK) $(AST_EMBED_LDFLAGS) $(ASTLDFLAGS) $^ buildinfo.o $(AST_LIBS) $(AST_EMBED_LIBS) $(GMIMELDFLAGS) $(LIBEDIT_LIB)
 else
-	$(CMD_PREFIX) $(CXX) $(STATIC_BUILD) -o $@ $(ASTLINK) $(AST_EMBED_LDFLAGS) $(ASTLDFLAGS) $(H323LDFLAGS) $^ buildinfo.o $(AST_LIBS) $(AST_EMBED_LIBS) $(H323LDLIBS) $(GMIMELDFLAGS)
+	$(CMD_PREFIX) $(CXX) $(STATIC_BUILD) -o $@ $(ASTLINK) $(AST_EMBED_LDFLAGS) $(ASTLDFLAGS) $(H323LDFLAGS) $^ buildinfo.o $(AST_LIBS) $(AST_EMBED_LIBS) $(H323LDLIBS) $(GMIMELDFLAGS) $(LIBEDIT_LIB)
 endif
 	$(CMD_PREFIX) $(ASTTOPDIR)/build_tools/strip_nonapi $@ || rm $@
 
Index: main/cli.c
===================================================================
--- main/cli.c	(revision 226061)
+++ main/cli.c	(working copy)
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <regex.h>
 
+#include <readline.h>
+
 #include "asterisk/cli.h"
 #include "asterisk/linkedlists.h"
 #include "asterisk/module.h"
@@ -42,7 +44,6 @@
 #include "asterisk/utils.h"
 #include "asterisk/app.h"
 #include "asterisk/lock.h"
-#include "editline/readline/readline.h"
 #include "asterisk/threadstorage.h"
 
 /*!
Index: makeopts.in
===================================================================
--- makeopts.in	(revision 226061)
+++ makeopts.in	(working copy)
@@ -246,3 +246,7 @@
 
 # if poll is not present, let the makefile know.
 POLL_AVAILABLE=@HAS_POLL@
+
+LIBEDIT_INCLUDE=@LIBEDIT_INCLUDE@
+LIBEDIT_LIB=@LIBEDIT_LIB@
+LIBEDIT_OBJ=@LIBEDIT_OBJ@