diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cde661221564..69ad9a99adc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -996,6 +996,7 @@ let
   gnuplot = callPackage ../tools/graphics/gnuplot {
     texLive = null;
     lua = null;
+    texinfo = texinfo4; # build errors with gnuplot-4.6.3
 
     # use gccApple to compile on darwin, seems to resolve a malloc error
     stdenv = if stdenv.isDarwin