diff --git a/package/s390-tools/s390-tools.mk b/package/s390-tools/s390-tools.mk
index 578d391b74..bdb3138114 100644
--- a/package/s390-tools/s390-tools.mk
+++ b/package/s390-tools/s390-tools.mk
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ else
 S390_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS += HAVE_GLIB2=0
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
+S390_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
+S390_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS += \
+	HAVE_LIBXML2=1 \
+	XML2_CONFIG=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/xml2-config
+else
+S390_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS += HAVE_LIBXML2=0
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES),y)
 S390_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += ncurses
 S390_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS += HAVE_NCURSES=1