diff --git a/srcpkgs/gengetopt/template b/srcpkgs/gengetopt/template
index b1af950036..36c17e841d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gengetopt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gengetopt/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=gengetopt
 version=2.23
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="flex"
+hostmakedepends="flex texinfo"
 makedepends="libfl-devel"
 short_desc="Tool to write cli option parsing code for C programs"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"