diff --git a/package/perl-xml-libxml/perl-xml-libxml-01-Makefile-PL.patch b/package/perl-xml-libxml/perl-xml-libxml-01-Makefile-PL.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce2724c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/perl-xml-libxml/perl-xml-libxml-01-Makefile-PL.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+fake check_lib for cross-compilation
+
+Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
+
+Index: b/Makefile.PL
+===================================================================
+--- a/Makefile.PL
++++ b/Makefile.PL
+@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@
+ # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+ # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+ 
+-use lib qw(inc);
+-use Devel::CheckLib;
++sub check_lib { return 1; }
+ 
+ # Prompt the user here for any paths and other configuration
+ 
diff --git a/package/perl-xml-libxml/perl-xml-libxml.mk b/package/perl-xml-libxml/perl-xml-libxml.mk
index 60a863391..31ff06e9e 100644
--- a/package/perl-xml-libxml/perl-xml-libxml.mk
+++ b/package/perl-xml-libxml/perl-xml-libxml.mk
@@ -11,4 +11,9 @@ PERL_XML_LIBXML_DEPENDENCIES = perl zlib libxml2 perl-xml-sax perl-xml-namespace
 PERL_XML_LIBXML_LICENSE = Artistic or GPLv1+
 PERL_XML_LIBXML_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
+PERL_XML_LIBXML_CONF_OPT = \
+	LIBS="-L $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib" \
+	INC="-I $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/libxml2" \
+	NO_THREADS
+
 $(eval $(perl-package))