diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.0/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.0/default.nix
index 5d81ecbfd74d..8e7724865599 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.0/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.0/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, noSysDirs
 , langC ? true, langCC ? true, langF77 ? false
 , profiledCompiler ? false
-,gmp ? null , mpfr ? null
+, gmp ? null , mpfr ? null
+, texinfo ? null
 }:
 
 assert langC;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [] 
 	++ (if gmp != null then [gmp] else [])
 	++ (if mpfr != null then [mpfr] else [])
+	++ (if texinfo != null then [texinfo] else [])
 	;
 
   configureFlags = "
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.1/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.1/default.nix
index e6d5452512e0..f01696b36648 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.1/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.1/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , staticCompiler ? false
 , gmp ? null
 , mpfr ? null
+, texinfo ? null
 }:
 
 assert langC || langF77;
@@ -66,5 +67,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 // (if gmp != null || mpfr != null then {
   buildInputs = []
     ++ (if gmp != null then [gmp] else [])
-    ++ (if mpfr != null then [mpfr] else []);
+    ++ (if mpfr != null then [mpfr] else [])
+    ++ (if texinfo != null then [texinfo] else []);
 } else {}))
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.2/default.nix
index 2681531f2044..a027512f5083 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.2/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , langC ? true, langCC ? true, langF77 ? false
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
+, texinfo ? null
 }:
 
 assert langC;
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     
   inherit noSysDirs profiledCompiler staticCompiler;
 
+  buildInputs = []
+    ++ optional (texinfo != null) [texinfo];
+
   configureFlags = "
     --disable-multilib
     --disable-libstdcxx-pch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/4.9.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/4.9.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd42093e561d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/4.9.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "texinfo-4.9";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.9.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0h7q9h405m88fjj067brzniiv8306ryl087pgjpmbpd2jci9h6g7";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ncurses];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1bf3f007775e..9ef5d47c0adb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1094,13 +1094,20 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv noSysDirs;
   });
 
+  # XXX: GCC 4.2 (and possibly others) misdetects `makeinfo' when
+  # using Texinfo >= 4.10, just because it uses a stupid regexp that
+  # expects a single digit after the dot.  As a workaround, we feed
+  # GCC with Texinfo 4.9.  Stupid bug, hackish workaround.
+
   gcc40 = wrapGCC (import ../development/compilers/gcc-4.0 {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv noSysDirs;
+    texinfo = texinfo49;
     profiledCompiler = true;
   });
 
   gcc41 = useFromStdenv (stdenv ? gcc) stdenv.gcc (wrapGCC (import ../development/compilers/gcc-4.1 {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv noSysDirs;
+    texinfo = texinfo49;
     profiledCompiler = false;
   }));
 
@@ -1108,6 +1115,7 @@ rec {
 
   gcc42 = lowPrio (wrapGCC (import ../development/compilers/gcc-4.2 {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv noSysDirs;
+    texinfo = texinfo49;
     profiledCompiler = true;
   }));
 
@@ -1990,6 +1998,10 @@ rec {
     javaSupport = true;
   }));
 
+  texinfo49 = import ../development/tools/misc/texinfo/4.9.nix {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
+  };
+
   texinfo = import ../development/tools/misc/texinfo {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
   };