diff --git a/package/nftables/nftables.mk b/package/nftables/nftables.mk
index 56cef56524..9d60736d7f 100644
--- a/package/nftables/nftables.mk
+++ b/package/nftables/nftables.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ else
 NFTABLES_CONF_OPTS += --with-mini-gmp
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEDIT),y)
+NFTABLES_CONF_OPTS += --with-cli=editline
+NFTABLES_DEPENDENCIES += libedit
+NFTABLES_LIBS += -lncurses
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),y)
 NFTABLES_CONF_OPTS += --with-cli=readline
 NFTABLES_DEPENDENCIES += readline
 NFTABLES_LIBS += -lncurses