diff --git a/databases/recutils/Makefile b/databases/recutils/Makefile
index 6765d2fa0d10..6cf8d4f84008 100644
--- a/databases/recutils/Makefile
+++ b/databases/recutils/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ COMMENT=	Tools and libraries to access human-editable, plain text databases
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
-USES=		charsetfix libtool
+USES=		charsetfix libtool makeinfo
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
diff --git a/devel/cgdb/Makefile b/devel/cgdb/Makefile
index 8ce39b2914c3..a16d3012c5c4 100644
--- a/devel/cgdb/Makefile
+++ b/devel/cgdb/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://cgdb.me/files/
 MAINTAINER=	clsung@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Curses-based interface to the GNU Debugger
 
+USES=		makeinfo
+
 INFO=		cgdb
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/lang/smalltalk/Makefile b/lang/smalltalk/Makefile
index c149fadc0cc9..f77809c6280e 100644
--- a/lang/smalltalk/Makefile
+++ b/lang/smalltalk/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ TK_CONFIGURE_WITH=tcl=${LOCALBASE}/lib/tcl8.4 tk=${LOCALBASE}/lib/tk8.4
 PGSQL_USE=	PGSQL=yes
 SDL_USE=	SDL=image,mixer,sdl,sound,ttf
 
-USES=		gmake iconv libtool pkgconfig shebangfix tar:xz
+USES=		gmake iconv libtool makeinfo pkgconfig shebangfix tar:xz
 USE_GNOME=	pango
 USE_SQLITE=	yes
 USE_XORG=	ice xi xmu
diff --git a/lang/yorick/Makefile b/lang/yorick/Makefile
index c89e844bc956..814bc994a5ef 100644
--- a/lang/yorick/Makefile
+++ b/lang/yorick/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	lang math
 MAINTAINER=	johans@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Interpreted language for scientific simulations
 
-USES=		tar:tgz
+USES=		makeinfo tar:tgz
 USE_XORG=	x11
 MAKE_ARGS=	Y_HOME=relocatable Y_DOCDIR=/dev/null
 
diff --git a/textproc/chpp/Makefile b/textproc/chpp/Makefile
index 1153c2567eb3..b9999a59ec02 100644
--- a/textproc/chpp/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/chpp/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgc.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/boehm-gc
 
-USES=		gmake
+USES=		gmake makeinfo
 USE_AUTOTOOLS=	autoheader aclocal automake autoconf
 AUTOMAKE_ARGS=	--add-missing --copy --force-missing
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--libdir=${PREFIX}/share