diff --git a/src/bin/psql/psql.c b/src/bin/psql/psql.c
index 97125d795791bf47b42445459818b20ba73eefd8..a13ac63545e4e1478579c8ac655f8a1dafdc27ef 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/psql.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/psql.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/Attic/psql.c,v 1.141 1998/05/12 23:04:01 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/Attic/psql.c,v 1.142 1998/05/12 23:05:12 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_READLINE_H
 #include <readline.h>
 #define USE_READLINE 1
-#if defined(HAVE_HISTORY)
+#if defined(HAVE_HISTORY_H)
 #include <history.h>
 #define USE_HISTORY 1
 #endif
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 #endif
+#if defined(HAVE_HISTORY) && !defined(USE_HISTORY)
+#define USE_HISTORY 1
+#endif
 #endif
 
 /* This prompt string is assumed to have at least 3 characters by code in MainLoop().
diff --git a/src/include/config.h.in b/src/include/config.h.in
index 9d76e3af6a6e27783cfef802e64af4be24c4c4ef..2293c68f539601e4a50c3c466b4dc6964c070426 100644
--- a/src/include/config.h.in
+++ b/src/include/config.h.in
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 #undef HAVE_READLINE_H
 
 /* Set to 1 if you have <history.h> */
-#undef HAVE_HISTORY
+#undef HAVE_HISTORY_H
 
 /* Set to 1 if you have <readline/history.h> */
 #undef HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY_H
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@
 /* Set to 1 if you have <readline/readline.h> */
 #undef HAVE_READLINE_READLINE_H
 
+/* Set to 1 if you have libreadline and it includes history functions */
+#undef HAVE_HISTORY
+
 /* Set to 1 if you have <dld.h> */
 #undef HAVE_DLD_H