diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxml2/build b/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
index 6839458b67..312d4e8beb 100755
--- a/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ cd .build-target
              --enable-shared \
              --disable-silent-rules \
              $CONFIG_LIBXML \
-             --disable-ipv6 \
+             --enable-ipv6 \
              --without-python \
              --with-zlib \
              --without-lzma