diff --git a/packages/x11-fonts/fontconfig/build b/packages/x11-fonts/fontconfig/build
index 7be853c6f2..b4aec45f95 100755
--- a/packages/x11-fonts/fontconfig/build
+++ b/packages/x11-fonts/fontconfig/build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
 $SCRIPTS/build freetype
+$SCRIPTS/build libxml2
 $SCRIPTS/build zlib
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
diff --git a/packages/x11-fonts/fontconfig/install b/packages/x11-fonts/fontconfig/install
index 253c61ae7e..72b277fa97 100755
--- a/packages/x11-fonts/fontconfig/install
+++ b/packages/x11-fonts/fontconfig/install
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 $SCRIPTS/install zlib
 $SCRIPTS/install freetype
+$SCRIPTS/install libxml2
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
 cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/src/.libs/libfontconfig.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib