diff --git a/host-recipes/pkgconf.py b/host-recipes/pkgconf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81ad9ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host-recipes/pkgconf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+version = "2.5.1"
+revision = 1
+description = "Lightweight pkg-config implementation (cross host build)"
+license = "ISC"
+url = "http://pkgconf.org/"
+source = tarball(
+    url=f"https://distfiles.ariadne.space/pkgconf/pkgconf-{version}.tar.xz",
+    sha256="cd05c9589b9f86ecf044c10a2269822bc9eb001eced2582cfffd658b0a50c243",
+)
+host_deps = ["autoconf", "automake", "binutils", "gcc"]
+
+
+def configure(self):
+    self.run(
+        self.source_dir / "configure",
+        f"--prefix={self.prefix}",
+        "--with-system-libdir=/usr/lib",
+        "--with-system-includedir=/usr/include",
+        env={
+            "CFLAGS": self.profile["host_cflags"],
+            "LDFLAGS": self.profile["host_ldflags"],
+        },
+    )
+
+
+def build(self):
+    autotools_build(self)
+
+
+def install(self):
+    autotools_install(self)
+
+    triple = self.triple
+    bindir = f"{self.dest_dir}{self.prefix}/bin"
+    persdir = f"{self.dest_dir}{self.prefix}/share/pkgconfig/personality.d"
+    personality = f"""Triplet: {triple}
+SysrootDir: /sysroot
+DefaultSearchPaths: /sysroot/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/sysroot/usr/share/pkgconfig
+SystemIncludePaths: /sysroot/usr/include
+SystemLibraryPaths: /sysroot/usr/lib
+"""
+    self.run(
+        "sh",
+        "-c",
+        f"set -e; "
+        f"mkdir -p {persdir}; "
+        f"cat > {persdir}/{triple}.personality <<'__EOF__'\n{personality}__EOF__\n"
+        f"ln -sf pkgconf {bindir}/{triple}-pkgconf; "
+        f"ln -sf pkgconf {bindir}/{triple}-pkg-config",
+    )
diff --git a/recipes/bash.py b/recipes/bash.py
index 0cf8016..84ad833 100644
--- a/recipes/bash.py
+++ b/recipes/bash.py
@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
-version = "5.2.32"
+version = "5.3"
 revision = 1
 description = "GNU Bourne-Again SHell"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 url = "https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/"
 source = tarball(
     url=f"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-{version}.tar.gz",
-    sha256="d3ef80d2b67d8cbbe4d3265c63a72c46f9b278ead6e0e06d61801b58f23f50b5",
+    sha256="0d5cd86965f869a26cf64f4b71be7b96f90a3ba8b3d74e27e8e9d9d5550f31ba",
 )
 host_deps = ["autoconf", "automake", "binutils", "gcc"]
 deps = [profile["libc"], "ncurses", "readline"]
 
-build_if = False  # TODO: Doesn't build yet
-
 configure, build, install = autotools(
     configure_args=[
         "--without-bash-malloc",
         "--disable-nls",
-        "--with-installed-readline",
         "--with-curses",
         "--enable-readline",
-        "--with-installed-readline=/sysroot/usr",  # TODO: get /sysroot from context
+        "--with-installed-readline",
     ],
     configure_env={
+        "bash_cv_termcap_lib": "libtinfo",
         "CFLAGS": profile["cflags"] + " -std=gnu17",
-        "CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD": profile["cflags"] + " -std=gnu17",
+        "CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD": profile["host_cflags"] + " -std=gnu17",
     },
+    # HACK: Fixes cross-compile issues
+    build_args=[
+        "READLINE_LDFLAGS=-L=/usr/lib",
+        "HISTORY_LDFLAGS=-L=/usr/lib",
+    ],
 )
diff --git a/recipes/ncurses.py b/recipes/ncurses.py
index ec2e32c..2a05ea3 100644
--- a/recipes/ncurses.py
+++ b/recipes/ncurses.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version = "6.5"
-revision = 1
+revision = 2
 description = "Terminal control library with wide-character support"
 license = "MIT"
 url = "https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/"
@@ -37,3 +37,12 @@ configure, build, _ = autotools(
 
 def install(self):
     autotools_install(self, [f"DESTDIR={self.dest_dir}"])
+    libdir = self.dest_dir / "usr/lib"
+    pcdir = libdir / "pkgconfig"
+    for name in ("ncurses", "curses"):
+        self.run("ln", "-sf", "libncursesw.so", libdir / f"lib{name}.so")
+        self.run("ln", "-sf", "libncursesw.a", libdir / f"lib{name}.a")
+    self.run("ln", "-sf", "libtinfow.so", libdir / "libtinfo.so")
+    self.run("ln", "-sf", "libtinfow.a", libdir / "libtinfo.a")
+    self.run("ln", "-sf", "ncursesw.pc", pcdir / "ncurses.pc")
+    self.run("ln", "-sf", "tinfow.pc", pcdir / "tinfo.pc")
diff --git a/recipes/readline.py b/recipes/readline.py
index ecf33a5..980f670 100644
--- a/recipes/readline.py
+++ b/recipes/readline.py
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-version = "8.2"
+version = "8.3"
 revision = 1
 description = "Library for command-line editing"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 url = "https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html"
 source = tarball(
     url=f"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-{version}.tar.gz",
-    sha256="3feb7171f16a84ee82ca18a36d7b9be109a52c04f492a053331d7d1095007c35",
+    sha256="fe5383204467828cd495ee8d1d3c037a7eba1389c22bc6a041f627976f9061cc",
 )
 host_deps = ["autoconf", "automake", "binutils", "gcc"]
 deps = [profile["libc"], "ncurses"]
 
 configure, build, _ = autotools(
-    configure_args=["--with-curses"],
-    # Force linking against system ncurses, not readline's internal termcap stub.
-    configure_env={"bash_cv_termcap_lib": "ncursesw"},
+    configure_args=["--with-curses", "--with-shared-termcap-library"],
+    # Force linking against system terminfo, not readline's internal termcap stub.
+    configure_env={"bash_cv_termcap_lib": "libtinfo"},
 )