diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index 27fb594da9..ceb6052c70 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -1547,6 +1547,7 @@ (define-public texlive-union
                   texlive-latex-amsmath
                   texlive-latex-amscls
                   texlive-latex-babel
+                  texlive-generic-babel-english
                   texlive-latex-cyrillic
                   texlive-latex-graphics
                   texlive-latex-psnfss