diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index b8f972aa37..95f15dfd52 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -1573,6 +1573,7 @@ (define-public texlive-union
     (let ((default-packages
             (list texlive-bin
                   texlive-dvips
+                  texlive-fontname
                   texlive-fonts-cm
                   texlive-fonts-latex
                   texlive-metafont-base