diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxslt/package.mk b/packages/textproc/libxslt/package.mk
index b4378cbfb8..a1d25ae91f 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/libxslt/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxslt/package.mk
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://xmlsoft.org/xslt/"
 PKG_URL="ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain libxml2:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libxml2"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="textproc"
@@ -32,6 +33,13 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="libxslt"
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="  ac_cv_header_ansidecl_h=no \
+                           --enable-static \
+                           --disable-shared \
+                           --without-python \
+                           --with-libxml-prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
+                           --without-crypto"
+
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_header_ansidecl_h=no \
                            --enable-static \
                            --disable-shared \