diff --git a/config/env.ini b/config/env.ini
index 0fbcd6934..044de07b7 100644
--- a/config/env.ini
+++ b/config/env.ini
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ SPC_MICRO_PATCHES=cli_checks,disable_huge_page
 SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_BUILDCONF="./buildconf --force"
 ; configure command
 SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_CONFIGURE="./configure --prefix= --with-valgrind=no --disable-shared --enable-static --disable-all --disable-phpdbg --with-pic"
-; make command
-SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE="make -j${SPC_CONCURRENCY}"
 
 ; *** default build vars for building php ***
 ; embed type for php, static (libphp.a) or shared (libphp.so)
@@ -139,8 +137,6 @@ SPC_MICRO_PATCHES=cli_checks,macos_iconv
 SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_BUILDCONF="./buildconf --force"
 ; configure command
 SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_CONFIGURE="./configure --prefix= --with-valgrind=no --enable-shared=no --enable-static=yes --disable-all --disable-phpdbg"
-; make command
-SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE="make -j${SPC_CONCURRENCY}"
 
 ; *** default build vars for building php ***
 ; embed type for php, static (libphp.a) or shared (libphp.dylib)
diff --git a/config/ext.json b/config/ext.json
index e8e21d689..59ff43524 100644
--- a/config/ext.json
+++ b/config/ext.json
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@
         "type": "builtin",
         "arg-type": "with-path",
         "lib-depends": [
-            "readline"
+            "libedit"
         ],
         "target": [
             "static"
diff --git a/config/lib.json b/config/lib.json
index ac2c5705e..81335539b 100644
--- a/config/lib.json
+++ b/config/lib.json
@@ -345,6 +345,15 @@
         ],
         "cpp-library": true
     },
+    "libedit": {
+        "source": "libedit",
+        "static-libs-unix": [
+            "libedit.a"
+        ],
+        "lib-depends": [
+            "ncurses"
+        ]
+    },
     "libevent": {
         "source": "libevent",
         "static-libs-unix": [
diff --git a/config/source.json b/config/source.json
index 7b5b6c25f..40a44f2d4 100644
--- a/config/source.json
+++ b/config/source.json
@@ -498,6 +498,16 @@
             "path": "COPYING"
         }
     },
+    "libedit": {
+        "type": "filelist",
+        "url": "https://thrysoee.dk/editline/",
+        "regex": "/href=\"(?<file>libedit-(?<version>[^\"]+)\\.tar\\.gz)\"/",
+        "provide-pre-built": true,
+        "license": {
+            "type": "file",
+            "path": "COPYING"
+        }
+    },
     "libevent": {
         "type": "ghrel",
         "repo": "libevent/libevent",
@@ -546,7 +556,7 @@
         "provide-pre-built": true,
         "license": {
             "type": "file",
-            "path": "COPYING"
+            "path": "COPYING.LIB"
         }
     },
     "libiconv-win": {
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/Extension.php b/src/SPC/builder/Extension.php
index a8e875191..5b6a33293 100644
--- a/src/SPC/builder/Extension.php
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/Extension.php
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ public function runCliCheckUnix(): void
         // Run compile check if build target is cli
         // If you need to run some check, overwrite this or add your assert in src/globals/ext-tests/{extension_name}.php
         $sharedExtensions = $this->getSharedExtensionLoadString();
-        [$ret, $out] = shell()->execWithResult(BUILD_BIN_PATH . '/php -n' . $sharedExtensions . ' --ri "' . $this->getDistName() . '"');
+        [$ret] = shell()->execWithResult(BUILD_BIN_PATH . '/php -n' . $sharedExtensions . ' --ri "' . $this->getDistName() . '"');
         if ($ret !== 0) {
             throw new ValidationException(
                 "extension {$this->getName()} failed compile check: php-cli returned {$ret}",
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public function runCliCheckWindows(): void
     {
         // Run compile check if build target is cli
         // If you need to run some check, overwrite this or add your assert in src/globals/ext-tests/{extension_name}.php
-        [$ret] = cmd()->execWithResult(BUILD_ROOT_PATH . '/bin/php.exe -n --ri "' . $this->getDistName() . '"', false);
+        [$ret] = cmd()->execWithResult(BUILD_BIN_PATH . '/php.exe -n --ri "' . $this->getDistName() . '"', false);
         if ($ret !== 0) {
             throw new ValidationException("extension {$this->getName()} failed compile check: php-cli returned {$ret}", validation_module: "Extension {$this->getName()} sanity check");
         }
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/extension/readline.php b/src/SPC/builder/extension/readline.php
index a8ee48aa0..035d7b438 100644
--- a/src/SPC/builder/extension/readline.php
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/extension/readline.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace SPC\builder\extension;
 
 use SPC\builder\Extension;
+use SPC\exception\ValidationException;
 use SPC\store\FileSystem;
 use SPC\util\CustomExt;
 
@@ -23,12 +24,7 @@ public function patchBeforeConfigure(): bool
 
     public function getUnixConfigureArg(bool $shared = false): string
     {
-        $enable = '--without-libedit --with-readline=' . BUILD_ROOT_PATH;
-        if ($this->builder->getPHPVersionID() < 84000) {
-            // the check uses `char rl_pending_input()` instead of `extern int rl_pending_input`, which makes LTO fail
-            $enable .= ' ac_cv_lib_readline_rl_pending_input=yes';
-        }
-        return $enable;
+        return '--with-libedit --without-readline';
     }
 
     public function buildUnixShared(): void
@@ -39,4 +35,13 @@ public function buildUnixShared(): void
         }
         parent::buildUnixShared();
     }
+
+    public function runCliCheckUnix(): void
+    {
+        parent::runCliCheckUnix();
+        [$ret, $out] = shell()->execWithResult('printf "exit\n" | ' . BUILD_BIN_PATH . '/php -a');
+        if ($ret !== 0 || !str_contains(implode("\n", $out), 'Interactive shell')) {
+            throw new ValidationException("readline extension failed sanity check. Code: {$ret}, output: " . implode("\n", $out));
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/linux/LinuxBuilder.php b/src/SPC/builder/linux/LinuxBuilder.php
index 299cdb644..97183ba73 100644
--- a/src/SPC/builder/linux/LinuxBuilder.php
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/linux/LinuxBuilder.php
@@ -107,19 +107,19 @@ public function buildPHP(int $build_target = BUILD_TARGET_NONE): void
 
         $this->seekPhpSrcLogFileOnException(fn () => shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src')->exec(
             $php_configure_env . ' ' .
-                getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_CONFIGURE') . ' ' .
-                ($enableCli ? '--enable-cli ' : '--disable-cli ') .
-                ($enableFpm ? '--enable-fpm ' . ($this->getLib('libacl') !== null ? '--with-fpm-acl ' : '') : '--disable-fpm ') .
-                ($enableEmbed ? "--enable-embed={$embed_type} " : '--disable-embed ') .
-                ($enableMicro ? '--enable-micro=all-static ' : '--disable-micro ') .
-                ($enableCgi ? '--enable-cgi ' : '--disable-cgi ') .
-                $config_file_path .
-                $config_file_scan_dir .
-                $json_74 .
-                $zts .
-                $maxExecutionTimers .
-                "{$phpvars} " .
-                $this->makeStaticExtensionArgs() . ' '
+            getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_CONFIGURE') . ' ' .
+            ($enableCli ? '--enable-cli ' : '--disable-cli ') .
+            ($enableFpm ? '--enable-fpm ' . ($this->getLib('libacl') !== null ? '--with-fpm-acl ' : '') : '--disable-fpm ') .
+            ($enableEmbed ? "--enable-embed={$embed_type} " : '--disable-embed ') .
+            ($enableMicro ? '--enable-micro=all-static ' : '--disable-micro ') .
+            ($enableCgi ? '--enable-cgi ' : '--disable-cgi ') .
+            $config_file_path .
+            $config_file_scan_dir .
+            $json_74 .
+            $zts .
+            $maxExecutionTimers .
+            $phpvars . ' ' .
+            $this->makeStaticExtensionArgs() . ' '
         ));
 
         $this->emitPatchPoint('before-php-make');
@@ -179,16 +179,17 @@ public function testPHP(int $build_target = BUILD_TARGET_NONE)
      */
     protected function buildCli(): void
     {
-        if ($this->getExt('readline')) {
+        if ($this->getExt('readline') && SPCTarget::isStatic()) {
             SourcePatcher::patchFile('musl_static_readline.patch', SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src');
         }
+
         $vars = SystemUtil::makeEnvVarString($this->getMakeExtraVars());
-        $SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE = getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE') ?: 'make';
+        $concurrency = getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') ? '-j' . getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') : '';
         shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src')
             ->exec('sed -i "s|//lib|/lib|g" Makefile')
-            ->exec("{$SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE} {$vars} cli");
+            ->exec("make {$concurrency} {$vars} cli");
 
-        if ($this->getExt('readline')) {
+        if ($this->getExt('readline') && SPCTarget::isStatic()) {
             SourcePatcher::patchFile('musl_static_readline.patch', SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src', true);
         }
 
@@ -206,10 +207,10 @@ protected function buildCli(): void
     protected function buildCgi(): void
     {
         $vars = SystemUtil::makeEnvVarString($this->getMakeExtraVars());
-        $SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE = getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE') ?: 'make';
+        $concurrency = getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') ? '-j' . getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') : '';
         shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src')
             ->exec('sed -i "s|//lib|/lib|g" Makefile')
-            ->exec("{$SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE} {$vars} cgi");
+            ->exec("make {$concurrency} {$vars} cgi");
 
         if (!$this->getOption('no-strip', false)) {
             shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src/sapi/cgi')->exec('strip --strip-unneeded php-cgi');
@@ -241,11 +242,11 @@ protected function buildMicro(): void
         // patch fake cli for micro
         $vars['EXTRA_CFLAGS'] .= $enable_fake_cli;
         $vars = SystemUtil::makeEnvVarString($vars);
-        $SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE = getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE') ?: 'make';
+        $concurrency = getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') ? '-j' . getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') : '';
 
         shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src')
             ->exec('sed -i "s|//lib|/lib|g" Makefile')
-            ->exec("{$SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE} {$vars} micro");
+            ->exec("make {$concurrency} {$vars} micro");
 
         $this->processMicroUPX();
 
@@ -262,10 +263,10 @@ protected function buildMicro(): void
     protected function buildFpm(): void
     {
         $vars = SystemUtil::makeEnvVarString($this->getMakeExtraVars());
-        $SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE = getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE') ?: 'make';
+        $concurrency = getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') ? '-j' . getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') : '';
         shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src')
             ->exec('sed -i "s|//lib|/lib|g" Makefile')
-            ->exec("{$SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE} {$vars} fpm");
+            ->exec("make {$concurrency} {$vars} fpm");
 
         if (!$this->getOption('no-strip', false)) {
             shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src/sapi/fpm')->exec('strip --strip-unneeded php-fpm');
@@ -283,11 +284,11 @@ protected function buildFpm(): void
     protected function buildEmbed(): void
     {
         $vars = SystemUtil::makeEnvVarString($this->getMakeExtraVars());
-
+        $concurrency = getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') ? '-j' . getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') : '';
         shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src')
             ->exec('sed -i "s|//lib|/lib|g" Makefile')
             ->exec('sed -i "s|^EXTENSION_DIR = .*|EXTENSION_DIR = /' . basename(BUILD_MODULES_PATH) . '|" Makefile')
-            ->exec(getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE') . ' INSTALL_ROOT=' . BUILD_ROOT_PATH . " {$vars} install");
+            ->exec("make {$concurrency} INSTALL_ROOT=" . BUILD_ROOT_PATH . " {$vars} install");
 
         $ldflags = getenv('SPC_CMD_VAR_PHP_MAKE_EXTRA_LDFLAGS') ?: '';
         $libDir = BUILD_LIB_PATH;
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/linux/library/libedit.php b/src/SPC/builder/linux/library/libedit.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef8692126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/linux/library/libedit.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace SPC\builder\linux\library;
+
+class libedit extends LinuxLibraryBase
+{
+    use \SPC\builder\unix\library\libedit;
+
+    public const NAME = 'libedit';
+}
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/linux/library/readline.php b/src/SPC/builder/linux/library/readline.php
index bd32d22ea..339e655ab 100644
--- a/src/SPC/builder/linux/library/readline.php
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/linux/library/readline.php
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace SPC\builder\linux\library;
 
-/**
- * gmp is a template library class for unix
- */
 class readline extends LinuxLibraryBase
 {
     use \SPC\builder\unix\library\readline;
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/macos/MacOSBuilder.php b/src/SPC/builder/macos/MacOSBuilder.php
index ef7b303b7..39f91e385 100644
--- a/src/SPC/builder/macos/MacOSBuilder.php
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/macos/MacOSBuilder.php
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ protected function buildCli(): void
         $vars = SystemUtil::makeEnvVarString($this->getMakeExtraVars());
 
         $shell = shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src');
-        $SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE = getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE') ?: 'make';
-        $shell->exec("{$SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE} {$vars} cli");
+        $concurrency = getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') ? '-j' . getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') : '';
+        $shell->exec("make {$concurrency} {$vars} cli");
         if (!$this->getOption('no-strip', false)) {
             $shell->exec('dsymutil -f sapi/cli/php')->exec('strip -S sapi/cli/php');
         }
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ protected function buildCgi(): void
         $vars = SystemUtil::makeEnvVarString($this->getMakeExtraVars());
 
         $shell = shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src');
-        $SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE = getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE') ?: 'make';
-        $shell->exec("{$SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE} {$vars} cgi");
+        $concurrency = getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') ? '-j' . getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') : '';
+        $shell->exec("make {$concurrency} {$vars} cgi");
         if (!$this->getOption('no-strip', false)) {
             $shell->exec('dsymutil -f sapi/cgi/php-cgi')->exec('strip -S sapi/cgi/php-cgi');
         }
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ protected function buildMicro(): void
 
         $shell = shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src');
         // build
-        $shell->exec(getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE') . " {$vars} micro");
+        $concurrency = getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') ? '-j' . getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') : '';
+        $shell->exec("make {$concurrency} {$vars} micro");
         // strip
         if (!$this->getOption('no-strip', false)) {
             $shell->exec('dsymutil -f sapi/micro/micro.sfx')->exec('strip -S sapi/micro/micro.sfx');
@@ -250,7 +251,8 @@ protected function buildFpm(): void
         $vars = SystemUtil::makeEnvVarString($this->getMakeExtraVars());
 
         $shell = shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src');
-        $shell->exec(getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE') . " {$vars} fpm");
+        $concurrency = getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') ? '-j' . getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') : '';
+        $shell->exec("make {$concurrency} {$vars} fpm");
         if (!$this->getOption('no-strip', false)) {
             $shell->exec('dsymutil -f sapi/fpm/php-fpm')->exec('strip -S sapi/fpm/php-fpm');
         }
@@ -263,9 +265,9 @@ protected function buildFpm(): void
     protected function buildEmbed(): void
     {
         $vars = SystemUtil::makeEnvVarString($this->getMakeExtraVars());
-
+        $concurrency = getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') ? '-j' . getenv('SPC_CONCURRENCY') : '';
         shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src')
-            ->exec(getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE') . ' INSTALL_ROOT=' . BUILD_ROOT_PATH . " {$vars} install");
+            ->exec("make {$concurrency} INSTALL_ROOT=" . BUILD_ROOT_PATH . " {$vars} install");
 
         if (getenv('SPC_CMD_VAR_PHP_EMBED_TYPE') === 'static') {
             $AR = getenv('AR') ?: 'ar';
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/macos/library/libedit.php b/src/SPC/builder/macos/library/libedit.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18d2c3d11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/macos/library/libedit.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace SPC\builder\macos\library;
+
+class libedit extends MacOSLibraryBase
+{
+    use \SPC\builder\unix\library\libedit;
+
+    public const NAME = 'libedit';
+}
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/macos/library/readline.php b/src/SPC/builder/macos/library/readline.php
index bdd38c081..baf9747d0 100644
--- a/src/SPC/builder/macos/library/readline.php
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/macos/library/readline.php
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace SPC\builder\macos\library;
 
-/**
- * gmp is a template library class for unix
- */
 class readline extends MacOSLibraryBase
 {
     use \SPC\builder\unix\library\readline;
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/unix/library/libedit.php b/src/SPC/builder/unix/library/libedit.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e436ee8b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/unix/library/libedit.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace SPC\builder\unix\library;
+
+use SPC\util\executor\UnixAutoconfExecutor;
+
+trait libedit
+{
+    protected function build(): void
+    {
+        UnixAutoconfExecutor::create($this)
+            ->appendEnv(['CFLAGS' => '-D__STDC_ISO_10646__=201103L'])
+            ->configure()
+            ->make();
+        $this->patchPkgconfPrefix(['libedit.pc']);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/globals/test-extensions.php b/src/globals/test-extensions.php
index 05b617d2d..99e4e31ba 100644
--- a/src/globals/test-extensions.php
+++ b/src/globals/test-extensions.php
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
     'macos-15-intel', // bin/spc for x86_64
     'macos-15', // bin/spc for arm64
     // 'ubuntu-latest', // bin/spc-alpine-docker for x86_64
-    // 'ubuntu-22.04', // bin/spc-gnu-docker for x86_64
-    // 'ubuntu-24.04', // bin/spc for x86_64
-    // 'ubuntu-22.04-arm', // bin/spc-gnu-docker for arm64
-    // 'ubuntu-24.04-arm', // bin/spc for arm64
+    'ubuntu-22.04', // bin/spc-gnu-docker for x86_64
+    'ubuntu-24.04', // bin/spc for x86_64
+    'ubuntu-22.04-arm', // bin/spc-gnu-docker for arm64
+    'ubuntu-24.04-arm', // bin/spc for arm64
     // 'windows-latest', // .\bin\spc.ps1
 ];