diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index cba7bd5538d8..81fa050faa86 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -11707,13 +11707,13 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   TermReadLineGnu = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "Term-ReadLine-Gnu-1.26";
+    name = "Term-ReadLine-Gnu-1.31";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/H/HA/HAYASHI/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1s2dvjbh501c04s5hpf17mwirslmhqmsymg3ri4hcvh5yvp7bw7q";
+      sha256 = "42174b4bc9d3881502d527fc7c8bd1c0a4b266c2f0bbee012e9a604999418f3b";
     };
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.readline pkgs.ncurses ];
-    NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-lreadline";
+    NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-lreadline -lncursesw";
 
     # For some crazy reason Makefile.PL doesn't generate a Makefile if
     # AUTOMATED_TESTING is set.
@@ -11728,6 +11728,12 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
 
     # Tests don't work because they require /dev/tty.
     doCheck = false;
+
+    meta = {
+      homepage = http://sourceforge.net/projects/perl-trg/;
+      description = "Perl extension for the GNU Readline/History Library";
+      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
+    };
   };
 
   TermShellUI = buildPerlPackage rec {