diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.1.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.1.nix
index cca368f619a6..cbb108301883 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.1.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, perl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, perl, xz }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "texinfo-5.1";
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0864v5i488x3mb3v5p6nhy2kw0mqkzpa3b0453iibj81zlpq078q";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses perl ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses perl xz ];
 
   preInstall = ''
     installFlags="TEXMF=$out/texmf";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6df3b4f4d7b7..b73d01f7e092 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3541,7 +3541,7 @@ let
   texinfo413 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/texinfo/4.13a.nix { };
   texinfo49 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/texinfo/4.9.nix { };
   texinfo5 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.1.nix { };
-  texinfo = texinfo413;
+  texinfo = texinfo5;
 
   texi2html = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/texi2html { };