diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsmbios/template b/srcpkgs/libsmbios/template
index 8f157255911..00c8e5ed48e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsmbios/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsmbios/template
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ subpackages="$pkgname-devel $pkgname-utils"
 Add_dependency run glibc
 Add_dependency run libstdc++
 Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build libxml2-devel
 
 post_install()
 {