diff --git a/mctr2/cli/Cli.cc b/mctr2/cli/Cli.cc
index eb747a84e0c3ba47e4702a15f8e77f210f032e16..551fb6c6b91bf96ad5acb824d0d853b87f0f9042 100644
--- a/mctr2/cli/Cli.cc
+++ b/mctr2/cli/Cli.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "../mctr/MainController.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <readline.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -43,6 +42,11 @@
 #include "../../common/config_preproc.h"
 #include "../../core/DebugCommands.hh"
 
+#include <readline.h>
+#if RL_READLINE_VERSION == 0x0603
+#include <history.h>
+#endif
+
 #define PROMPT "MC2> "
 #define CMTC_TEXT "cmtc"
 #define SMTC_TEXT "smtc"