diff --git a/xrootd.spec b/xrootd.spec
index 0471576d1b9..c78ed93b28e 100644
--- a/xrootd.spec
+++ b/xrootd.spec
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ rm -rf ../build; mkdir ../build; cd ../build
 cmake ../%n-%{realversion} \
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%{i} \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-  -DZLIB_ROOT:PATH=${ZLIB_ROOT} \
   -DENABLE_FUSE=FALSE \
   -DENABLE_KRB5=TRUE \
-  -DENABLE_READLINE=FALSE \
+  -DENABLE_READLINE=TRUE \
   -DENABLE_CRYPTO=TRUE \
   -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=TRUE \
   -DENABLE_PYTHON=TRUE \
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ cmake ../%n-%{realversion} \
   -DUUID_INCLUDE_DIR="${LIBUUID_ROOT}/include" \
   -DUUID_LIBRARY="${LIBUUID_ROOT}/lib64/libuuid.%{soext}" \
   -DSCITOKENS_CPP_DIR="${SCITOKENS_CPP_ROOT}" \
-  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${PYTHON3_ROOT};${LIBXML2_ROOT};${LIBUUID_ROOT};${SCITOKENS_CPP_ROOT}"
+  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${ZLIB_ROOT};${PYTHON3_ROOT};${LIBXML2_ROOT};${LIBUUID_ROOT};${SCITOKENS_CPP_ROOT}"
 
 make %makeprocesses VERBOSE=1