diff --git a/deploy/docker/bird/bird-from-source.sh b/deploy/docker/bird/bird-from-source.sh
index 311873c..2def660 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/bird/bird-from-source.sh
+++ b/deploy/docker/bird/bird-from-source.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Сборка BIRD из официального tarball (версия задаётся BIRD_VERSION, по умолчанию 2.14).
 # Запуск от root (Docker) или через sudo на хосте. Префикс установки: /usr/local.
+# birdc требует ncurses + readline; в runtime-образе gobinary — libncurses6 + libreadline8.
 set -eu
 BIRD_VERSION="${BIRD_VERSION:-2.14}"
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
@@ -12,19 +13,19 @@ apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 	curl \
 	flex \
 	bison \
-	libncurses-dev
+	libncurses-dev \
+	libreadline-dev
 
 cd /tmp
 rm -rf "bird-${BIRD_VERSION}"
 curl -fsSL "https://bird.network.cz/download/bird-${BIRD_VERSION}.tar.gz" | tar xz
 cd "bird-${BIRD_VERSION}"
-# birdc only for non-interactive "show protocols" / configure — без readline в runtime.
-./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-client --disable-readline
+./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-client
 make -j"$(nproc)"
 make install
 cd /
 rm -rf "/tmp/bird-${BIRD_VERSION}"
 
-apt-get purge -y build-essential flex bison libncurses-dev
+apt-get purge -y build-essential flex bison libncurses-dev libreadline-dev
 apt-get autoremove -y
 rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/deploy/docker/gobinary/Dockerfile b/deploy/docker/gobinary/Dockerfile
index 93b01f3..a747313 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/gobinary/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/docker/gobinary/Dockerfile
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ EXPOSE 8080
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/evobgp"]
 
 FROM runtime AS runtime-birdc
-# birdc (--disable-readline) линкуется с ncurses (bookworm: libncurses6).
+# birdc: динамическая линковка readline + ncurses (debian bookworm).
 RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libncurses6 \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libreadline8 libncurses6 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 COPY --from=birdc /usr/local/sbin/bird /usr/local/sbin/birdc /usr/local/sbin/