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diff --git a/lldb/scripts/Python/modules/readline/readline.cpp b/lldb/scripts/Python/modules/readline/readline.cpp
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+++ b/lldb/scripts/Python/modules/readline/readline.cpp
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "Python.h"
+
+// Python readline module intentionally built to not implement the
+// readline module interface. This is meant to work around llvm
+// pr18841 to avoid seg faults in the stock Python readline.so linked
+// against GNU readline.
+
+static struct PyMethodDef moduleMethods[] =
+{
+    {0, 0}
+};
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(
+    moduleDocumentation,
+    "Stub module meant to effectively disable readline support.");
+
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+initreadline(void)
+{
+    Py_InitModule4(
+        "readline",
+        moduleMethods,
+        moduleDocumentation,
+        static_cast<PyObject *>(NULL),
+        PYTHON_API_VERSION);
+}