diff --git a/utils/rlwrap/Makefile b/utils/rlwrap/Makefile
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=rlwrap
+PKG_VERSION:=0.48
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)/
+PKG_HASH:=cdf69074a216a8284574dddd145dd046c904ad5330a616e0eed53c9043f2ecbc
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jeronimo Pellegrini <j_p@aleph0.info>
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/rlwrap
+  SECTION:=utils
+  CATEGORY:=Utilities
+  TITLE:=rlwrap
+  URL:=https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap
+  DEPENDS:= +libreadline +libncursesw
+endef
+
+define Package/rlwrap/description
+  rlwrap is a 'readline wrapper', a small utility that uses the GNU Readline library
+  to allow the editing of keyboard input for any command.
+  The input history is preserved even across different invocations, history search
+  and completion are supported
+endef
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += --without-libptytty
+
+define Package/rlwrap/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/rlwrap $(1)/usr/bin
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,rlwrap))
diff --git a/utils/rlwrap/test.sh b/utils/rlwrap/test.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+rlwrap -v 2>&1 | grep "$2"
+