diff --git a/build/jam/DefaultBuildProfiles b/build/jam/DefaultBuildProfiles
index e2a672ef2f..a77ca989cd 100644
--- a/build/jam/DefaultBuildProfiles
+++ b/build/jam/DefaultBuildProfiles
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ rule DefineDefaultBuildProfiles
 				ncurses_devel
 				python
 				sed
+				texinfo
 				zlib
 				zlib_devel
 				;