diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-devel.template
index 296eaefb0bb..035363eba06 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-devel.template
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 #
 noarch=yes
 depends="zlib-devel libxml2>=${version}"
-short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-python.template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-python.template
index 87932971401..543ffccb6ab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-python.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-python.template
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libxml2-python'.
 #
-short_desc="${short_desc} (python extension)"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains ${sourcepkg} python related files."
+short_desc="${short_desc} -- python extension"
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove "usr/lib/python*" usr/lib
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
index b8e88c18552..68084f292f1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
@@ -1,27 +1,31 @@
 # Template build file for 'libxml2'.
 pkgname=libxml2
 version=2.8.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --with-threads --with-history"
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel $pkgname-python"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel readline-devel liblzma-devel python-devel"
+crossmakedepends="zlib-devel ${makedepends}"
 short_desc="Library providing XML and HTML support"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.xmlsoft.org/"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="http://xmlsoft.org/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=f2e2d0e322685193d1affec83b21dc05d599e17a7306d7b90de95bb5b9ac622a
-long_desc="
- This library allows to manipulate XML files. It includes support
- to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. There is DTDs support
- this includes parsing and validation even with complex DtDs, either
- at parse time or later once the document has been modified. The output
- can be a simple SAX stream or and in-memory DOM like representations.
- In this case one can use the built-in XPath and XPointer implementation
- to select subnodes or ranges. A flexible Input/Output mechanism is
- available, with existing HTTP and FTP modules and combined to an
- URI library."
+
+if [ -n "$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET" ]; then
+	makedepends="automake gettext-devel ${makedepends}"
+	pre_configure() {
+		sed -e "s|AM_CONFIG_HEADER|AC_CONFIG_HEADERS|g" -i configure.in
+		autoreconf -fi
+	}
+	pre_build() {
+		sed -e "s|/usr/\(include/python2.7\)|/usr/$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET/\1|g" \
+			-e "s|/usr/\(lib/python2.7/site-packages\)|/usr/$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET/\1|g" \
+			-i python/Makefile
+	}
+fi
 
 post_install() {
 	vinstall COPYING 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}