diff --git a/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.35-r4.ebuild b/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.35-r4.ebuild
index ded18e39b3c52..7e74432b14050 100644
--- a/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.35-r4.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.35-r4.ebuild
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 
+BDEPEND="sys-apps/texinfo"
+
 PDEPEND="app-xemacs/xemacs-base
 	app-xemacs/mule-base"
 
diff --git a/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.9999.ebuild b/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.9999.ebuild
index 9f275d6c2c188..8ce245bf3a87e 100644
--- a/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.9999.ebuild
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 
+BDEPEND="sys-apps/texinfo"
+
 PDEPEND="app-xemacs/xemacs-base
 	app-xemacs/mule-base"