diff --git a/garlic/develop.nix b/garlic/develop/default.nix
similarity index 95%
rename from garlic/develop.nix
rename to garlic/develop/default.nix
index e7d8c0c..6ea0930 100644
--- a/garlic/develop.nix
+++ b/garlic/develop/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 , extraInputs  ? []
 }:
 
+let
+  inputrc = ./inputrc;
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "develop";
   preferLocalBuild = true;
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     export "PATH=$PATH:/gpfs/projects/bsc15/nix/bin"
     export "SHELL=${bashInteractive}/bin/bash"
     export HISTFILE="\$curdir/.histfile"
+    export INPUTRC=${inputrc}
 
     if [[ -z "\$@" ]]; then
       exec ${bashInteractive}/bin/bash
diff --git a/garlic/develop/inputrc b/garlic/develop/inputrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f339eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/garlic/develop/inputrc
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# inputrc borrowed from CentOS (RHEL).
+
+set bell-style none
+
+set meta-flag on
+set input-meta on
+set convert-meta off
+set output-meta on
+set colored-stats on
+
+#set mark-symlinked-directories on
+
+$if mode=emacs
+
+# for linux console and RH/Debian xterm
+"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
+"\e[4~": end-of-line
+"\e[5~": beginning-of-history
+"\e[6~": end-of-history
+"\e[3~": delete-char
+"\e[2~": quoted-insert
+"\e[5C": forward-word
+"\e[5D": backward-word
+"\e[1;5C": forward-word
+"\e[1;5D": backward-word
+
+# for rxvt
+"\e[8~": end-of-line
+
+# for non RH/Debian xterm, can't hurt for RH/DEbian xterm
+"\eOH": beginning-of-line
+"\eOF": end-of-line
+
+# for freebsd console
+"\e[H": beginning-of-line
+"\e[F": end-of-line
+$endif
diff --git a/overlay.nix b/overlay.nix
index 2b0778a..cbcabf5 100644
--- a/overlay.nix
+++ b/overlay.nix
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ let
     # TODO: move into garlic/default.nix
     garlic = {
 
-      unsafeDevelop = callPackage ./garlic/develop.nix {
+      unsafeDevelop = callPackage ./garlic/develop/default.nix {
             extraInputs = with self; [
               coreutils htop procps-ng vim which strace
               tmux gdb kakoune universal-ctags bashInteractive