diff --git a/patches/ncurses/jinx-working-patch.patch b/patches/ncurses/jinx-working-patch.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9a7c2dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ncurses/jinx-working-patch.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff -ruN ncurses-clean/config.sub ncurses/config.sub
+--- ncurses-clean/config.sub	2022-10-14 15:55:47.209908636 -0300
++++ ncurses/config.sub	2022-10-14 15:56:44.089908194 -0300
+@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@
+ 	# Now accept the basic system types.
+ 	# The portable systems comes first.
+ 	# Each alternative MUST end in a * to match a version number.
+-	gnu* | android* | bsd* | mach* | minix* | genix* | ultrix* | irix* \
++	gnu* | android* | astral* | bsd* | mach* | minix* | genix* | ultrix* | irix* \
+ 	     | *vms* | esix* | aix* | cnk* | sunos | sunos[34]* \
+ 	     | hpux* | unos* | osf* | luna* | dgux* | auroraux* | solaris* \
+ 	     | sym* |  plan9* | psp* | sim* | xray* | os68k* | v88r* \
+diff -ruN ncurses-clean/configure ncurses/configure
+--- ncurses-clean/configure	2022-10-14 15:55:47.209908636 -0300
++++ ncurses/configure	2022-10-14 16:01:02.713239547 -0300
+@@ -6244,6 +6244,10 @@
+ 			LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-search_paths_first"
+ 		fi
+ 		;;
++	(astral*)
++		CC_SHARED_OPTS=-fPIC
++		MK_SHARED_LIB='${CC} -shared -o $@'
++		;;
+ 	(haiku*)
+ 
+ 	test "$cf_cv_shlib_version" = auto && cf_cv_shlib_version=rel
diff --git a/patches/readline/jinx-working-patch.patch b/patches/readline/jinx-working-patch.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07753db5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/readline/jinx-working-patch.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ruN readline-clean/support/config.sub readline/support/config.sub
+--- readline-clean/support/config.sub	2022-10-14 16:21:57.553229749 -0300
++++ readline/support/config.sub	2022-10-14 16:22:12.479896273 -0300
+@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@
+ 	# Now accept the basic system types.
+ 	# The portable systems comes first.
+ 	# Each alternative MUST end in a * to match a version number.
+-	gnu* | android* | bsd* | mach* | minix* | genix* | ultrix* | irix* \
++	gnu* | android* | astral* |bsd* | mach* | minix* | genix* | ultrix* | irix* \
+ 	     | *vms* | esix* | aix* | cnk* | sunos | sunos[34]* \
+ 	     | hpux* | unos* | osf* | luna* | dgux* | auroraux* | solaris* \
+ 	     | sym* |  plan9* | psp* | sim* | xray* | os68k* | v88r* \
diff --git a/recipes/ncurses b/recipes/ncurses
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ba9b406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/ncurses
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name=ncurses
+revision=1
+from_source=ncurses
+imagedeps="base-devel"
+hostdeps="xgcc xbinutils libstdc++-v3"
+deps="mlibc"
+
+configure() {
+	${source_dir}/configure --host=x86_64-astral --prefix=${prefix} --with-shared --without-normal --with-termlib --enable-pc-files --enable-widec
+}
+
+build() {
+	make -j${parallelism}
+}
+
+install() {
+	make install DESTDIR="${dest_dir}"
+
+	echo "INPUT(-lncursesw)" > ${dest_dir}${prefix}/lib/libncurses.so
+	echo "INPUT(-ltinfow)" > ${dest_dir}${prefix}/lib/libtinfo.so
+	echo "INPUT(-lmenuw)" > ${dest_dir}${prefix}/lib/libmenu.so
+	echo "INPUT(-lformw)" > ${dest_dir}${prefix}/lib/libform.so
+	echo "INPUT(-lpanelw)" > ${dest_dir}${prefix}/lib/libpanel.so
+	echo "INPUT(-lncursesw)" > ${dest_dir}${prefix}/lib/libcursesw.so
+	cp ${dest_dir}${prefix}/lib/libncurses.so ${dest_dir}${prefix}/lib/libcurses.so
+}
diff --git a/recipes/readline b/recipes/readline
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edd2f241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/readline
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name=readline
+revision=1
+from_source=readline
+imagedeps="base-devel"
+hostdeps="xgcc xbinutils"
+deps="mlibc ncurses"
+
+configure() {
+	${source_dir}/configure --host=x86_64-astral --prefix=${prefix} --enable-multibyte --disable-static --enable-shared
+}
+
+build() {
+	make -j${parallelism} SHLIB_LIBS="-lncursesw"
+}
+
+install() {
+	make install SHLIB_LIBS="-lncursesw" DESTDIR="${dest_dir}"
+}
diff --git a/source-recipes/ncurses b/source-recipes/ncurses
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1ed1ee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source-recipes/ncurses
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name=ncurses
+version=6.3
+source_method=tarball
+tarball_url="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-${version}.tar.gz"
+tarball_sha512=5373f228cba6b7869210384a607a2d7faecfcbfef6dbfcd7c513f4e84fbd8bcad53ac7db2e7e84b95582248c1039dcfc7c4db205a618f7da22a166db482f0105
+
+regenerate() {
+       	true
+}
diff --git a/source-recipes/readline b/source-recipes/readline
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..059eef75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source-recipes/readline
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name=readline
+version=8.2
+source_method=tarball
+tarball_url="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-${version}.tar.gz"
+tarball_sha512=0a451d459146bfdeecc9cdd94bda6a6416d3e93abd80885a40b334312f16eb890f8618a27ca26868cebbddf1224983e631b1cbc002c1a4d1cd0d65fba9fea49a
+
+regenerate() {
+        true
+}