diff --git a/packages/xmlstarlet/build.sh b/packages/xmlstarlet/build.sh
index b05c29c61..c95c973c0 100644
--- a/packages/xmlstarlet/build.sh
+++ b/packages/xmlstarlet/build.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.6.1
 TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=2
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/xmlstar/xmlstarlet/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/xmlstarlet-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=15d838c4f3375332fd95554619179b69e4ec91418a3a5296e7c631b7ed19e7ca
-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libxslt"
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libxslt, libxml2"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--with-libxml-include-prefix=${TERMUX_PREFIX}/include/libxml2"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes