diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index 4adb3d9634..af64cbd99d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -411,7 +411,8 @@ (define r-with-tests
            pkg-config
            texinfo                      ; for building HTML manuals
            (texlive-updmap.cfg
-            (list texlive-fancyvrb
+            (list texlive-etoolbox
+                  texlive-fancyvrb
                   texlive-inconsolata
                   texlive-upquote
                   texlive-xkeyval))