diff --git a/archivers/gzip/Makefile b/archivers/gzip/Makefile
index 6d55317c26d0..d73e46484187 100644
--- a/archivers/gzip/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/gzip/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	GNU
 MAINTAINER=	johans@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Compression utility designed to be a replacement for compress
 
-USES=		charsetfix
+USES=		charsetfix makeinfo
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 INFO=	gzip