diff --git a/recipes/wineditline/all/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/wineditline/all/CMakeLists.txt
index a173239c53c44..1fedb144d2f6c 100644
--- a/recipes/wineditline/all/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/recipes/wineditline/all/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,25 +1,8 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 
-project(wineditline_wrapper C)
+project(WinEditLineWrapper C)
 
 include("${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake")
-conan_basic_setup()
+conan_basic_setup(TARGETS)
 
-set(src source_subfolder/src)
-
-add_library(edit "${src}/editline.c" "${src}/fn_complete.c" "${src}/history.c")
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  target_sources(edit PRIVATE "${src}/libedit.def")
-endif()
-
-target_include_directories(edit PRIVATE "${src}")
-
-include(GNUInstallDirs)
-
-install(
-    TARGETS edit
-    RUNTIME DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}"
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
-)
-
-install(DIRECTORY "${src}/editline" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
+add_subdirectory(source_subfolder)
diff --git a/recipes/wineditline/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/wineditline/all/conandata.yml
index 60b4632ebe2ba..789f36bc66156 100644
--- a/recipes/wineditline/all/conandata.yml
+++ b/recipes/wineditline/all/conandata.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@ sources:
   "2.206":
     sha256: "2d255c417244e963261dc6171684265f405df030e90ba6e6690a99284d645161"
     url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingweditline/files/wineditline-2.206.zip/download
+patches:
+  "2.206":
+    - patch_file: patches/0001-fix-cmakelists.patch
+      base_path: source_subfolder
diff --git a/recipes/wineditline/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/wineditline/all/conanfile.py
index bc220150a44d9..3888bf2a8557f 100644
--- a/recipes/wineditline/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/wineditline/all/conanfile.py
@@ -25,18 +25,17 @@ class WineditlineConan(ConanFile):
     default_options = {
         "shared": False,
     }
-
-    exports_sources = ("CMakeLists.txt",)
-
-    @property
-    def _source_subfolder(self):
-        return "source_subfolder"
+    exports_sources = ("patches/*", "CMakeLists.txt")
 
     def validate(self):
         if self.settings.os != "Windows":
             message = "wineditline is supported only on Windows."
             raise ConanInvalidConfiguration(message)
 
+    @property
+    def _source_subfolder(self):
+        return "source_subfolder"
+
     def source(self):
         root = self._source_subfolder
         get_args = self.conan_data["sources"][self.version]
@@ -53,24 +52,13 @@ def _configure_cmake(self):
         return cmake
 
     def build(self):
-        cmake = self._configure_cmake()
-        cmake.build()
+        for patch in self.conan_data["patches"][self.version]:
+            tools.patch(**patch)
+        self._configure_cmake().build()
 
     def package(self):
         self.copy("COPYING", "licenses", self._source_subfolder)
-        cmake = self._configure_cmake()
-        cmake.install()
+        self._configure_cmake().install()
 
     def package_info(self):
-        name = self.name
-        info = self.cpp_info
-
-        info.set_property("cmake_file_name", name)
-        info.set_property("cmake_target_name", f"{name}::{name}")
-
-        info.names.update({
-            "cmake_find_package": name,
-            "cmake_find_package_multi": name,
-        })
-
-        info.libs = ["edit"]
+        self.cpp_info.libs = ["edit"]
diff --git a/recipes/wineditline/all/patches/0001-fix-cmakelists.patch b/recipes/wineditline/all/patches/0001-fix-cmakelists.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ef01b0ca0616b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wineditline/all/patches/0001-fix-cmakelists.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--- CMakeLists.txt
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,25 +1,16 @@
+-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
+-project (WinEditLine)
+-set (WinEditLine_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
+-set (WinEditLine_VERSION_MINOR 2)
+-if (MSVC AND MSVC_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME)
+-foreach(flag_var
+-        CMAKE_C_FLAGS CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE
+-        CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO)
+-   if(${flag_var} MATCHES "/MD")
+-      string(REGEX REPLACE "/MD" "/MT" ${flag_var} "${${flag_var}}")
+-   endif(${flag_var} MATCHES "/MD")
+-endforeach(flag_var)
+-endif()
+-if(NOT DEFINED LIB_SUFFIX)
+-  if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P MATCHES 4)
+-    set(LIB_SUFFIX "32")
+-  else()
+-    set(LIB_SUFFIX "64")
+-  endif()
+-endif()
+-configure_file (
+-  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config.h.in"
+-  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h"
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
++
++project(WinEditLine C)
++
++add_library(edit src/editline.c src/fn_complete.c src/history.c src/libedit.def)
++target_include_directories(edit PRIVATE src)
++
++include(GNUInstallDirs)
++
++install(
++    TARGETS edit
++    RUNTIME DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}"
++    ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
+ )
+-add_subdirectory (src)
++
++install(DIRECTORY src/editline DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
diff --git a/recipes/wineditline/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/wineditline/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a1892d6fe492..84a38c545c793 100644
--- a/recipes/wineditline/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/recipes/wineditline/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 project(test_package C)
 
-find_package(wineditline REQUIRED CONFIG)
-
 include("${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake")
 conan_basic_setup(TARGETS)
 
+find_package(wineditline REQUIRED CONFIG)
+
 add_executable(test_package test_package.c)
 target_link_libraries(test_package PRIVATE wineditline::wineditline)