diff --git a/package/libs/gettext-full/Makefile b/package/libs/gettext-full/Makefile
index 2319401baf..a0a7c2fdab 100644
--- a/package/libs/gettext-full/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/gettext-full/Makefile
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--disable-rpath \
 	--disable-java \
 	--disable-openmp \
+	--with-included-libxml \
 	--without-emacs \
 	--without-libxml2-prefix