diff --git a/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-1.11.6.ebuild b/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-1.11.6.ebuild
index 1ce01b55855d2..2c88d1bab3076 100644
--- a/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-1.11.6.ebuild
+++ b/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-1.11.6.ebuild
@@ -100,4 +100,6 @@ src_install() {
 	newenvd - "07automake${idx}" <<-EOF
 	INFOPATH="${MY_INFODIR}"
 	EOF
+
+	docompress "${MY_INFODIR}"
 }
diff --git a/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-1.15.1.ebuild b/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-1.15.1.ebuild
index 0ba1d56add540..4b67c729a2386 100644
--- a/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-1.15.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-1.15.1.ebuild
@@ -111,4 +111,6 @@ src_install() {
 	newenvd - "07automake${idx}" <<-EOF
 	INFOPATH="${MY_INFODIR}"
 	EOF
+
+	docompress "${MY_INFODIR}"
 }
diff --git a/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-1.16.5.ebuild b/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-1.16.5.ebuild
index cd1806c2e4200..53e70c7678664 100644
--- a/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-1.16.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-1.16.5.ebuild
@@ -119,4 +119,6 @@ src_install() {
 	newenvd - "07automake${idx}" <<-EOF
 	INFOPATH="${MY_INFODIR}"
 	EOF
+
+	docompress "${MY_INFODIR}"
 }
diff --git a/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-9999.ebuild b/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-9999.ebuild
index 07ce55fef09de..b6573d89bf5e4 100644
--- a/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-build/automake-vanilla/automake-vanilla-9999.ebuild
@@ -115,4 +115,6 @@ src_install() {
 	newenvd - "07automake${idx}" <<-EOF
 	INFOPATH="${MY_INFODIR}"
 	EOF
+
+	docompress "${MY_INFODIR}"
 }