diff --git a/srcpkgs/hello/template b/srcpkgs/hello/template
index 1884da3578..8b50b48662 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hello/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hello/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=2.12
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="Friendly greeting program"
+hostmakedepends="texinfo"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/hello/"