diff --git a/gnu/packages/screen.scm b/gnu/packages/screen.scm
index 2de355a5195a42387799e6ec0e452c8a4bf81e23..5882a6fc83a958e4e91b168aa628781571bdf809 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/screen.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/screen.scm
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ (define-module (gnu packages screen)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages perl))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages texinfo))
 
 (define-public screen
   (package
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ (define-public screen
              (sha256
               (base32 "0ilccnwszaxr9wbrx0swh4fisha2rj2jiq76fwqikmv0rjdyhr2i"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("makeinfo" ,texinfo)))
     (inputs
      `(("ncurses", ncurses)
        ("perl" ,perl)))