diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index f6f178cc8..9c488c62f 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ following:</para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
+<varlistentry>
+<term>Texinfo Seg-Fault Patch - 1 KB:</term> <listitem>
+<para><ulink url="&patches-root;texinfo-&texinfo-version;-segfault-1.patch"/></para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
 </variablelist>
 
 <para>In addition to the above required patches, there exist a number of
diff --git a/chapter06/texinfo.xml b/chapter06/texinfo.xml
index c30698a90..5032f10c2 100644
--- a/chapter06/texinfo.xml
+++ b/chapter06/texinfo.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
 
 <para>Prepare Texinfo for compilation:</para>
 
+<para>The patch listed below fixes a known segfault in texinfo:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../texinfo-&texinfo-version;-segfault-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Prepare Texinfo for compilation:</para>
+
 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Compile the package:</para>