diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdb/template b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
index f024c655e9d..e4f275f3553 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-werror --disable-nls --with-system-readline
  --with-system-gdbinit=/etc/gdb/gdbinit --with-system-zlib $(vopt_enable gdbserver)
  $(vopt_if static 'CFLAGS=-static CXXFLAGS=-static LDFLAGS=-static')
  $(vopt_if python --with-python=/usr/bin/python3)"
-hostmakedepends="perl $(vopt_if python python3-devel)"
+hostmakedepends="texinfo perl $(vopt_if python python3-devel)"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel zlib-devel readline-devel expat-devel $(vopt_if python 'python3-devel gettext-libs')"
 short_desc="GNU Debugger"
 maintainer="Anthony Iliopoulos <ailiop@altatus.com>"