diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/msmtp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/msmtp/default.nix
index 486b34ecb30..58190944b64 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/msmtp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/msmtp/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, texinfo
 , netcat-gnu, gnutls, gsasl, libidn2, Security
 , withKeyring ? true, libsecret ? null
 , systemd ? null }:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Security
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional withKeyring libsecret;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig texinfo ];
 
   configureFlags =
     [ "--sysconfdir=/etc" ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin [ "--with-macosx-keyring" ];