diff --git a/README b/README
index 937726c3f2..adc38a03b0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ extra packages be installed;
 
 build-essential
 diffstat
+texinfo
 texi2html
 cvs
 subversion
diff --git a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
index 5281cbc7af..20e4bda7a9 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def check_sanity(e):
 	if not check_app_exists('${BUILD_PREFIX}g++', e.data):
 		missing = missing + "C++ Compiler,"
 
-	required_utilities = "patch diffstat texi2html cvs svn bzip2 tar gzip gawk sdl-config"
+	required_utilities = "patch diffstat texi2html cvs svn bzip2 tar gzip gawk makeinfo qemu-arm"
 
 	for util in required_utilities.split():
 		if not check_app_exists( util, e.data ):