diff --git a/scp.c b/scp.c
index 3e5dd88b..2d7b5deb 100644
--- a/scp.c
+++ b/scp.c
@@ -3965,6 +3965,8 @@ if (!initialized) {
     handle = dlopen("libncurses." __STR(HAVE_DLOPEN), RTLD_NOW|RTLD_GLOBAL);
     handle = dlopen("libcurses." __STR(HAVE_DLOPEN), RTLD_NOW|RTLD_GLOBAL);
     handle = dlopen("libreadline." __STR(HAVE_DLOPEN), RTLD_NOW|RTLD_GLOBAL);
+    if (!handle)
+        handle = dlopen("libreadline." __STR(HAVE_DLOPEN) ".6", RTLD_NOW|RTLD_GLOBAL);
     if (handle) {
         p_readline = dlsym(handle, "readline");
         p_add_history = dlsym(handle, "add_history");