diff --git a/devel/tclreadline/Makefile b/devel/tclreadline/Makefile
index cb918c71f387..a95fcd3015e7 100644
--- a/devel/tclreadline/Makefile
+++ b/devel/tclreadline/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	tclreadline
 PORTVERSION=	2.3.8
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	devel tcl
 
 MAINTAINER=	tcltk@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	GNU readline for TCL
 WWW=		https://tclreadline.sourceforge.net/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
 USES=		autoreconf libtool tcl readline
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=	${PREFIX}/share
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-tcl=${TCL_LIBDIR} \
 		--with-tcl-includes=${TCL_INCLUDEDIR} \
 		--with-readline-includes=${LOCALBASE}/include \
 		--with-readline-library="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lreadline" \
 		--with-tk=no \
 		--enable-tclstub
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	flightaware
 
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 TCL_PKG=	${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION}
 PLIST_SUB+=	PORTVERSION=${PORTVERSION} TCL_PKG=${TCL_PKG}
 
 post-patch:
 	@${RM} ${WRKSRC}/INSTALL
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/tclreadline/files/patch-tclreadlineInit.tcl.in b/devel/tclreadline/files/patch-tclreadlineInit.tcl.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3b047d78b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/tclreadline/files/patch-tclreadlineInit.tcl.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- tclreadlineInit.tcl.in.orig	2024-07-08 12:20:49 UTC
++++ tclreadlineInit.tcl.in
+@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ proc ::tclreadline::Init {} {
+     uplevel #0 {
+         if {![info exists tclreadline::library]} {
+             set msg ""
+-            foreach dirname {@TCLRL_LIBDIR@ [file dirname [info script]]} {
+-                if {[catch {load [file join $dirname libtclreadline[info sharedlibextension]]} msg] == 0} {
++            foreach dirname [list @TCLRL_LIBDIR@ [file dirname [info script]]] {
++                if {[catch {load [file join $dirname libtclreadline[info sharedlibextension]] tclreadline} msg] == 0} {
+                     set msg ""
+                     break
+                 }