diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 66e84d2925..81244f0daa 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -17089,9 +17089,14 @@ (define-public velvet
     (inputs
      (list openmpi zlib))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("texlive" ,(texlive-updmap.cfg (list texlive-graphics
-                                             texlive-ec
-                                             texlive-hyperref)))))
+     `(("texlive" ,(texlive-updmap.cfg
+                    (list texlive-ec
+                          texlive-graphics
+                          texlive-grfext
+                          texlive-hyperref
+                          texlive-infwarerr
+                          texlive-kvoptions
+                          texlive-pdftexcmds)))))
     (home-page "https://www.ebi.ac.uk/~zerbino/velvet/")
     (synopsis "Nucleic acid sequence assembler for very short reads")
     (description