diff --git a/srcpkgs/bc/template b/srcpkgs/bc/template
index e6e1f938ad6..943925a6f43 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bc/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.07.1
 revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-readline"
-hostmakedepends="ed flex"
+hostmakedepends="ed flex texinfo"
 makedepends="readline-devel"
 short_desc="Arbitrary precision numeric processing language"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"