diff -urpN busybox-1.14.1/coreutils/readlink.c busybox-1.14.1-readlink/coreutils/readlink.c
--- busybox-1.14.1/coreutils/readlink.c	2009-05-27 18:00:23.000000000 +0200
+++ busybox-1.14.1-readlink/coreutils/readlink.c	2009-06-12 13:18:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -6,9 +6,31 @@
  *
  * Licensed under GPL v2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
-
 #include "libbb.h"
 
+/*
+ * # readlink --version
+ * readlink (GNU coreutils) 6.10
+ * # readlink --help
+ *   -f, --canonicalize
+ *      canonicalize by following every symlink in
+ *      every component of the given name recursively;
+ *      all but the last component must exist
+ *   -e, --canonicalize-existing
+ *      canonicalize by following every symlink in
+ *      every component of the given name recursively,
+ *      all components must exist
+ *   -m, --canonicalize-missing
+ *      canonicalize by following every symlink in
+ *      every component of the given name recursively,
+ *      without requirements on components existence
+ *   -n, --no-newline              do not output the trailing newline
+ *   -q, --quiet, -s, --silent     suppress most error messages
+ *   -v, --verbose                 report error messages
+ *
+ * bbox supports: -f -n -v (fully), -q -s (accepts but ignores)
+ */
+
 int readlink_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int readlink_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
@@ -20,7 +42,7 @@ int readlink_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM,
 		unsigned opt;
 		/* We need exactly one non-option argument.  */
 		opt_complementary = "=1";
-		opt = getopt32(argv, "f");
+		opt = getopt32(argv, "fnvsq");
 		fname = argv[optind];
 	)
 	SKIP_FEATURE_READLINK_FOLLOW(
@@ -30,9 +52,10 @@ int readlink_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM,
 	)
 
 	/* compat: coreutils readlink reports errors silently via exit code */
-	logmode = LOGMODE_NONE;
+	if (!(opt & 4)) /* not -v */
+		logmode = LOGMODE_NONE;
 
-	if (opt) {
+	if (opt & 1) { /* -f */
 		buf = realpath(fname, pathbuf);
 	} else {
 		buf = xmalloc_readlink_or_warn(fname);
@@ -40,7 +63,7 @@ int readlink_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM,
 
 	if (!buf)
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	puts(buf);
+	printf((opt & 2) ? "%s" : "%s\n", buf);
 
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP && !opt)
 		free(buf);
diff -urpN busybox-1.14.1/include/usage.h busybox-1.14.1-readlink/include/usage.h
--- busybox-1.14.1/include/usage.h	2009-05-27 18:00:23.000000000 +0200
+++ busybox-1.14.1-readlink/include/usage.h	2009-06-12 13:18:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -3404,12 +3404,15 @@
        "files do not block on disk I/O"
 
 #define readlink_trivial_usage \
-	USE_FEATURE_READLINK_FOLLOW("[-f] ") "FILE"
+	USE_FEATURE_READLINK_FOLLOW("[-fnv] ") "FILE"
 #define readlink_full_usage "\n\n" \
        "Display the value of a symlink" \
 	USE_FEATURE_READLINK_FOLLOW( "\n" \
      "\nOptions:" \
-     "\n	-f	Canonicalize by following all symlinks") \
+     "\n	-f	Canonicalize by following all symlinks" \
+     "\n	-n	Don't add newline" \
+     "\n	-v	Verbose" \
+	) \
 
 #define readprofile_trivial_usage \
        "[OPTIONS]..."