diff --git a/srcpkgs/ratpoison/template b/srcpkgs/ratpoison/template
index dc32b90a884..8e58489a242 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ratpoison/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ratpoison/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=ratpoison
 version=1.4.9
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config texinfo"
 makedepends="libICE-devel libXft-devel libXinerama-devel libXrandr-devel
  libXtst-devel readline-devel"
 depends="perl"