diff --git a/libs/libxml2/Makefile b/libs/libxml2/Makefile
index 1a7ed5d6a..d1e914a6c 100644
--- a/libs/libxml2/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libxml2/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libxml2
 PKG_VERSION:=2.9.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/languages/libxml/ \
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
 define Package/libxml2
@@ -74,6 +75,38 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--with-zlib \
 	--without-lzma
 
+HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--enable-shared \
+	--enable-static \
+	--with-c14n \
+	--without-catalog \
+	--with-debug \
+	--without-docbook \
+	--with-html \
+	--without-ftp \
+	--without-http \
+	--without-iconv \
+	--without-iso8859x \
+	--without-legacy \
+	--with-output \
+	--without-pattern \
+	--without-push \
+	--without-python \
+	--with-reader \
+	--without-readline \
+	--without-regexps \
+	--with-sax1 \
+	--with-schemas \
+	--with-threads \
+	--with-tree \
+	--with-valid \
+	--with-writer \
+	--with-xinclude \
+	--with-xpath \
+	--with-xptr \
+	--with-zlib \
+	--without-lzma
+
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(2)/bin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/xml2-config $(2)/bin/
@@ -97,4 +130,5 @@ define Package/libxml2/install
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libxml2.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
 endef
 
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libxml2))