diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index cd0decc2..00000000
--- a/debian/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/tmp/
-/libnotmuch-dev/
-/libnotmuch*/
-/notmuch-emacs/
-/elpa-notmuch/
-/notmuch/
-/notmuch-mutt/
-/notmuch-vim/
-/ruby-notmuch/
-/python*-notmuch/
-/*.debhelper
-/*.debhelper.log
-/*.substvars
-/files
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8bac8a3d..1c72fe11 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+notmuch (0.27-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Add texinfo as a build-dep, build info version of documentation.
+
+ -- David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:01:29 -0300
+
 notmuch (0.27-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream feature release
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ae4e6f00..883a1356 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ Build-Depends:
  dtach (>= 0.8) <!nocheck>,
  gpgsm <!nocheck>,
  gnupg <!nocheck>,
- bash-completion (>=1.9.0~)
+ bash-completion (>=1.9.0~),
+ texinfo
 Standards-Version: 4.1.3
 Homepage: https://notmuchmail.org/
 Vcs-Git: git://notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch