diff --git a/pmb/aportgen/binutils.py b/pmb/aportgen/binutils.py
index 3922d485..50c6ff7f 100644
--- a/pmb/aportgen/binutils.py
+++ b/pmb/aportgen/binutils.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def generate(args, pkgname):
         "arch": " ".join(arches),
         "makedepends_build": "",
         "makedepends_host": "",
-        "makedepends": "gettext libtool autoconf automake bison",
+        "makedepends": "gettext libtool autoconf automake bison texinfo",
         "subpackages": "",
     }
 
diff --git a/test/testdata/aportgen/pmaports/cross/binutils-armhf/APKBUILD b/test/testdata/aportgen/pmaports/cross/binutils-armhf/APKBUILD
index 51cae645..065a6371 100644
--- a/test/testdata/aportgen/pmaports/cross/binutils-armhf/APKBUILD
+++ b/test/testdata/aportgen/pmaports/cross/binutils-armhf/APKBUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ url="https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/"
 depends=""
 makedepends_build=""
 makedepends_host=""
-makedepends="gettext libtool autoconf automake bison"
+makedepends="gettext libtool autoconf automake bison texinfo"
 arch="armv7 aarch64 x86_64 x86"
 license="GPL-2.0 GPL-3.0-or-later LGPL-2.0 BSD"
 subpackages=""