diff --git a/srcpkgs/bamf/template b/srcpkgs/bamf/template
index 60d444e1652..a1defc1e3de 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bamf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bamf/template
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	build_options_default="gir"
 fi
 
+pre_configure() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	i686-musl) # Checking for python libxslt and libxml2 fails
+		sed -i configure -e 's;if !($PYTHON -c "import libxslt, libxml2" 2> /dev/null);if false;'
+	esac
+}
+
 bamf-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"