diff --git a/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk
index 63ae0683bf..b55ffbd2c8 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="9b16b8731d78e596b4be0d720428ca42df642bb2d78342881ff7f5bc29fc9623"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL-3.0-only"
 PKG_SITE="https://ffmpeg.org"
 PKG_URL="http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib bzip2 openssl speex"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib bzip2 openssl speex libxml2"
 PKG_LONGDESC="FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video."
 PKG_PATCH_DIRS="libreelec"
 
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ configure_target() {
               --disable-libvpx \
               --disable-libx264 \
               --disable-libxavs \
+              --enable-libxml2 \
               --disable-libxvid \
               --enable-zlib \
               --enable-asm \