diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix
index 2121449af5ac..fb45563a1793 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libedit-20090923-3.0";
+  name = "libedit-20100424-3.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "02j66qbd1c9wfghpjb8dzshkcj4i0n9xanxy81552j3is9ilxjka";
+    sha256 = "11hxaq58gym7kqccjhxywjxdibffzg545z1aj997y1dn0rckhav0";
   };
 
   postInstall = ''
-    sed -i s/-lcurses/-lncurses/g $out/lib/pkgconfig/libedit.pc
+    sed -i s/-lncurses/-lncursesw/g $out/lib/pkgconfig/libedit.pc
   '';
 
+  configureFlags = "--enable-widec";
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ ncurses ];
 
   meta = {