diff --git a/package/texinfo/texinfo.mk b/package/texinfo/texinfo.mk
index afb3bca279..184288bd71 100644
--- a/package/texinfo/texinfo.mk
+++ b/package/texinfo/texinfo.mk
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ TEXINFO_VERSION = 4.13a
 TEXINFO_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/texinfo
 TEXINFO_LICENSE = GPLv3+
 TEXINFO_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+TEXINFO_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
 
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))