diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxml2/package.mk b/packages/textproc/libxml2/package.mk
index 60ff3f0a71..87bfb101e5 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/libxml2/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxml2/package.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ PKG_SITE="http://xmlsoft.org"
 PKG_URL="ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="zlib"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain zlib:host Python-host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="textproc"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libxml: XML parser library for Gnome"