diff --git a/packages/xmlsec/build.sh b/packages/xmlsec/build.sh
index 4775f2cc9..ece0856f8 100644
--- a/packages/xmlsec/build.sh
+++ b/packages/xmlsec/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.2.27
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=97d756bad8e92588e6997d2227797eaa900d05e34a426829b149f65d87118eb6
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/download/xmlsec1-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libxslt, openssl, libgcrypt, libgpg-error"
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libxslt, openssl, libgcrypt, libgpg-error, libxml2"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 --disable-crypto-dl
 --without-gnutls