diff --git a/srcpkgs/e2fsprogs/template b/srcpkgs/e2fsprogs/template
index b9a2cbc85e1..0566d295d1a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/e2fsprogs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/e2fsprogs/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="--enable-elf-shlibs --disable-fsck
  --enable-symlink-build --enable-symlink-install --enable-relative-symlinks
  --sbindir=/usr/bin --libdir=/usr/lib e2fsprogs_cv_struct_st_flags=no"
 make_install_args="install-libs"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="texinfo pkg-config"
 makedepends="libuuid-devel libblkid-devel"
 checkdepends="diffutils perl"
 short_desc="Ext2/3/4 Filesystem Utilities"