diff --git a/package/libidn/libidn.mk b/package/libidn/libidn.mk
index 420b8dfb91..b50a8b622f 100644
--- a/package/libidn/libidn.mk
+++ b/package/libidn/libidn.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 LIBIDN_VERSION = 1.33
 LIBIDN_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/libidn
 LIBIDN_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-LIBIDN_CONF_ENV = EMACS="no"
+LIBIDN_CONF_ENV = EMACS="no" MAKEINFO=true
 LIBIDN_CONF_OPTS = --disable-java --enable-csharp=no
 LIBIDN_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv)
 LIBIDN_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, GPL-3.0+, LGPL-3.0+