diff --git a/srcpkgs/zsh/template b/srcpkgs/zsh/template
index 6aae68a0180..7d00ec4c934 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zsh/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zsh/template
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ configure_args="--enable-etcdir=/etc/zsh --enable-zshenv=/etc/zsh/zshenv
  zsh_cv_shared_environ=yes
  zsh_cv_func_dlsym_needs_underscore=no
  zsh_cv_sys_dynamic_execsyms=yes"
-hostmakedepends="automake"
+hostmakedepends="automake texinfo"
 makedepends="gdbm-devel pcre-devel libcap-devel ncurses-devel"
 short_desc="Z SHell"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"