diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibc/template b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
index cb3fedba216..dceecd7e75b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ conf_files="
 	/etc/gai.conf
 	/etc/ld.so.conf"
 if [ "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="bison perl python3"
+	hostmakedepends="bison perl python3 texinfo"
 fi
 makedepends="kernel-libc-headers"
 lib32files="/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules"