--- libguestfs-1.12.11/daemon/Makefile.am~	2011-12-22 20:05:03.000000000 +0100
+++ libguestfs-1.12.11/daemon/Makefile.am	2012-03-16 18:49:15.259588154 +0100
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
 	liberrnostring.a \
 	libprotocol.a \
 	$(AUGEAS_LIBS) \
+	$(LIBXML2_LIBS) \
 	lib/libgnu.a \
 	$(GETADDRINFO_LIB) \
 	$(HOSTENT_LIB) \
@@ -183,5 +184,5 @@
 	$(LIBINTL) \
 	$(SERVENT_LIB)
 
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(srcdir)/lib -Ilib
-guestfsd_CFLAGS = $(WARN_CFLAGS) $(WERROR_CFLAGS) $(AUGEAS_CFLAGS)
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(srcdir)/lib -Ilib $(WARN_CFLAGS) $(WERROR_CFLAGS) $(AUGEAS_CFLAGS) $(LIBXML2_CFLAGS)
+guestfsd_CFLAGS = $(WARN_CFLAGS) $(WERROR_CFLAGS) $(AUGEAS_CFLAGS) $(LIBXML2_CFLAGS)
--- libguestfs-1.12.11/daemon/configure.ac~	2011-12-22 20:06:47.000000000 +0100
+++ libguestfs-1.12.11/daemon/configure.ac	2012-03-16 20:17:43.343161378 +0100
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@
         ],
         [AC_MSG_WARN([augeas not found, some core features will be disabled])])
 
+dnl libxml2 (highly recommended)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBXML2], [libxml-2.0],
+        [AC_SUBST([LIBXML2_CFLAGS])
+         AC_SUBST([LIBXML2_LIBS])
+         AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBXML2],[1],[libxml2 found at compile time.])
+        ],
+        [AC_MSG_WARN([libxml2 not found, some core features will be disabled])])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LIBXML2],[test "x$LIBXML2_LIBS" != "x"])
+
 dnl Check for libselinux (optional).
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([selinux/selinux.h])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([selinux],[setexeccon],[