diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.13a/disable-native-tools.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.13a/disable-native-tools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab6f1658aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.13a/disable-native-tools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+We already DEPEND on the native texinfo being present before building so
+there isn't any need to try and build the required native texinfo binaries
+before cross-compiling. This simplifies the recipe somewhat!
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate oe specific
+
+Signed-off-by: Joshua Lock <josh@linux.intel.com>
+
+Index: texinfo-4.13/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- texinfo-4.13.orig/configure.ac
++++ texinfo-4.13/configure.ac
+@@ -100,29 +100,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
+ # $native_tools is also added to SUBDIRS in the main Makefile.am,
+ # so that make compiles the native tools first.
+ #
+-if test "$cross_compiling" = no; then
+-  native_tools=
+-else
+-  native_tools=tools
+-  test -d "$native_tools" || mkdir "$native_tools"
+-  confdir=`(cd "$srcdir";pwd)`
+-  # Make sure the secondary configure won't fail with
+-  # "error: source directory already configured".
+-  rm -f config.status
+-  AC_MSG_NOTICE([[Doing configure of native tools (${build}).]])
+-  cd "$native_tools" || exit 1
+-  # Run secondary configure in alternate environment or
+-  # it gets the wrong CC etc.
+-  # env -i gives this build host configure a clean environment;
+-  # consequently, we have to re-initialize $PATH.
+-  env -i CC="$BUILD_CC" AR="$BUILD_AR" RANLIB="$BUILD_RANLIB" \
+-      PATH="$PATH" \
+-      tools_only=1 \
+-    ${confdir}/configure --build=${build} --host=${build} \
+-                         --disable-rpath --disable-nls
+-  cd .. || exit 1
+-  AC_MSG_NOTICE([[Continuing with main configure (${host}).]])
+-fi
++native_tools=
+ AC_SUBST(native_tools)
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(TOOLS_ONLY, [[test "x$tools_only" = x1]])
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.13a/link-zip.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.13a/link-zip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..629d329d7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.13a/link-zip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+install-info uses symbols from zlib so must link against it.
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Joshua Lock <josh@linux.intel.com>
+
+Index: texinfo-4.13/install-info/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- texinfo-4.13.orig/install-info/Makefile.am
++++ texinfo-4.13/install-info/Makefile.am
+@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = 					\
+   -I$(top_srcdir)/gnulib/lib			\
+   -I$(top_builddir)/gnulib/lib			\
+   -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\"
+-LDADD = ../lib/libtxi.a $(top_builddir)/gnulib/lib/libgnu.a $(LIBINTL)
++LDADD = ../lib/libtxi.a $(top_builddir)/gnulib/lib/libgnu.a $(LIBINTL) -lz
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo_4.13a.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo_4.13a.bb
index ac89b66b2d..5fd2d31a24 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo_4.13a.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo_4.13a.bb
@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv3+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=adefda309052235aa5d1e99ce7557010"
 PR = "r0"
 
-DEPENDS = "zlib"
+DEPENDS = "zlib ncurses texinfo-native"
+DEPENDS_virtclass-native = "zlib-native ncurses-native"
 
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/texinfo/texinfo-${PV}.tar.gz \
-           file://texinfo-4.12-zlib.patch;striplevel=1 \
-           file://texinfo-4.13a-data_types.patch;striplevel=1 \
-           file://texinfo-4.13a-mosdo-crash.patch;striplevel=1 \
-           file://texinfo-4.13a-powerpc.patch;striplevel=1 \
-           file://texinfo-4.13a-help-index-segfault.patch;striplevel=1"
+           file://texinfo-4.12-zlib.patch \
+           file://texinfo-4.13a-data_types.patch \
+           file://texinfo-4.13a-mosdo-crash.patch \
+           file://texinfo-4.13a-powerpc.patch \
+           file://texinfo-4.13a-help-index-segfault.patch \
+           file://disable-native-tools.patch \
+           file://link-zip.patch"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "71ba711519209b5fb583fed2b3d86fcb"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1303e91a1c752b69a32666a407e9fbdd6e936def4b09bc7de30f416301530d68"
@@ -26,13 +29,9 @@ tex_texinfo = "texmf/tex/texinfo"
 
 inherit gettext autotools
 
-do_configure() {
-	oe_runconf
-}
-
-do_compile_prepend(){
+do_compile_prepend() {
 	if [ -d tools ];then
-		make -C tools/gnulib/lib
+		oe_runmake -C tools/gnulib/lib
 	fi
 }