diff --git a/pkg/fontconfig/build.zig b/pkg/fontconfig/build.zig
index 352b48758..cbfa34d81 100644
--- a/pkg/fontconfig/build.zig
+++ b/pkg/fontconfig/build.zig
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
         lib.linkLibrary(freetype_dep.artifact("freetype"));
     }
     if (libxml2_enabled) {
-        // const libxml2_dep = b.dependency("libxml2", .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize });
-        // lib.linkLibrary(libxml2_dep.artifact("xml2"));
+        const libxml2_dep = b.dependency("libxml2", .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize });
+        lib.linkLibrary(libxml2_dep.artifact("xml2"));
     }
 
     lib.addIncludePath(upstream.path(""));
diff --git a/pkg/fontconfig/build.zig.zon b/pkg/fontconfig/build.zig.zon
index 8a342f66f..e82647b76 100644
--- a/pkg/fontconfig/build.zig.zon
+++ b/pkg/fontconfig/build.zig.zon
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
         },
 
         .freetype = .{ .path = "../freetype" },
+        .libxml2 = .{ .path = "../libxml2" },
     },
 }