diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index bc0f9d04..bf9e5b3b 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ package_foot() {
     'libxkbcommon'
     'wayland'
     'freetype2' 'fontconfig' 'pixman')
+  optdepends=('foot-terminfo: terminfo for foot')
 
   DESTDIR="${pkgdir}/" ninja install
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}/usr/share/terminfo"