diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc6/template b/srcpkgs/gcc6/template
index 10e61cbfc91..06b231ce4b0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc6/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc6/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgname=gcc6
 version=${_minorver}.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc=gcc-${version}
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool perl flex zip unzip"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool perl flex texinfo zip unzip"
 makedepends="gmp-devel mpfr-devel libmpc-devel zlib-devel"
 depends="binutils"
 short_desc="GNU C Compiler (6.x)"