diff --git a/pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py b/pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py
index 6ab62f8f..7033cf28 100755
--- a/pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py
+++ b/pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 
 import pytz
 
+try:
+    import readline  # NOQA
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 try:
     import tzlocal
     _DEFAULT_TIMEZONE = tzlocal.get_localzone().zone