diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
index 8582d86dcd6..45fcd086227 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'libxml2'.
 pkgname=libxml2
 version=2.9.6
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static --with-threads --with-history"
+configure_args="--disable-static --with-threads --with-history --with-icu"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel pkg-config python-devel"
-makedepends="zlib-devel ncurses-devel readline-devel liblzma-devel python-devel"
+makedepends="zlib-devel ncurses-devel readline-devel liblzma-devel
+ icu-devel python-devel"
 short_desc="Library providing XML and HTML support"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.xmlsoft.org/"