diff --git a/debian/Makefile b/debian/Makefile
index 4911332..f3dc88d 100644
--- a/debian/Makefile
+++ b/debian/Makefile
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@
 
 MODULE_VERSION_PREFIX_njs=$(BASE_VERSION).
 
+MODULE_BUILD_DEPENDS_njs=,libedit-dev
+
 define MODULE_PREBUILD_njs
 	cd debian/extra/njs-$(MODULE_VERSION_njs) \&\& ./configure \&\& make njs
 endef
diff --git a/rpm/SPECS/Makefile b/rpm/SPECS/Makefile
index 3704ea0..2b303a2 100644
--- a/rpm/SPECS/Makefile
+++ b/rpm/SPECS/Makefile
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@
 
 MODULE_VERSION_PREFIX_njs=$(BASE_VERSION).
 
+define MODULE_DEFINITIONS_njs
+BuildRequires: libedit-devel
+endef
+export MODULE_DEFINITIONS_njs
+
 define MODULE_PREBUILD_njs
 cd %{bdir}/njs-$(MODULE_VERSION_njs) \&\& ./configure \&\& make njs
 endef