diff --git a/common/Makefile.am.inc b/common/Makefile.am.inc
index 56dbb7ca..3019802f 100644
--- a/common/Makefile.am.inc
+++ b/common/Makefile.am.inc
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ libflatpak_common_la_CFLAGS = \
 	$(SOUP_CFLAGS) \
 	$(JSON_CFLAGS) \
 	$(XAUTH_CFLAGS) \
+	$(XML_CFLAGS) \
 	$(LIBSECCOMP_CFLAGS) \
 	$(INTERNAL_GPGME_CFLAGS) \
 	$(SYSTEMD_CFLAGS) \
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ libflatpak_common_la_CFLAGS = \
 	-DLIBEXECDIR=\"$(libexecdir)\" \
 	-I$(srcdir)/dbus-proxy \
 	$(NULL)
-libflatpak_common_la_LIBADD = $(AM_LIBADD) libglnx.la $(ARCHIVE_LIBS) $(BASE_LIBS) $(OSTREE_LIBS) $(SOUP_LIBS) $(JSON_LIBS) $(XAUTH_LIBS) $(LIBSECCOMP_LIBS) $(INTERNAL_GPGME_LIBS) $(SYSTEMD_LIBS) $(DCONF_LIBS)
+libflatpak_common_la_LIBADD = $(AM_LIBADD) libglnx.la $(ARCHIVE_LIBS) $(BASE_LIBS) $(OSTREE_LIBS) $(SOUP_LIBS) $(JSON_LIBS) $(XAUTH_LIBS) $(XML_LIBS) $(LIBSECCOMP_LIBS) $(INTERNAL_GPGME_LIBS) $(SYSTEMD_LIBS) $(DCONF_LIBS)
 
 
 libflatpak_la_SOURCES = \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0d5cb12f..992ddcf2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -211,8 +211,9 @@ AC_SUBST([GDBUS_CODEGEN], [`$PKG_CONFIG --variable gdbus_codegen gio-2.0`])
 POLKIT_GOBJECT_REQUIRED=0.98
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ARCHIVE, [libarchive >= 2.8.0])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BASE, [glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQS gio-2.0 gio-unix-2.0 libxml-2.0 >= 2.4 ])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BASE, [glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQS gio-2.0 gio-unix-2.0])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SOUP, [libsoup-2.4])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XML, [libxml-2.0 >= 2.4])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DCONF, [dconf >= 0.26], [have_dconf=yes], [have_dconf=no])
 if test $have_dconf = yes; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DCONF, 1, [Define if dconf is available])