diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxml2/build b/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
index c75db65008..98df5f1c63 100755
--- a/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ cd .build-target
              --enable-ipv6 \
              --without-python \
              --with-zlib \
+             --with-sysroot=$SYSROOT_PREFIX \
              --without-lzma
 
 make