diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a4601cce9d..e03178e0a7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES (GOBJECT gobject-2.0>=2.20)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES (GMODULE gmodule-2.0>=2.20)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES (GTHREAD gthread-2.0>=2.20)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES (GLIBMM glibmm-2.4>=2.24)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES (LIBXML2 libxml-2.0>=2.7.0)
 
 IF (MSVC)
   MESSAGE (STATUS "Hint: To create the import libraries for the gnome DLLs (e.g. gconf-2.lib), use the dlltool as follows: pexports bin/libgconf-2-4.dll > lib/libgconf-2.def ; dlltool -d lib/libgconf-2.def -D bin/libgconf-2-4.dll -l lib/gconf-2.lib")
@@ -53,9 +54,9 @@ IF (MSVC)
   ADD_DEFINITIONS ( -DNOMINMAX )
 ENDIF (MSVC)
 
-# Libxml2
-FIND_PACKAGE (LibXml2 REQUIRED)
-FIND_PACKAGE (ZLIB REQUIRED)
+## Libxml2
+#FIND_PACKAGE (LibXml2 REQUIRED)
+#FIND_PACKAGE (ZLIB REQUIRED)
 
 IF (NOT GLIB2_FOUND)
    MESSAGE (SEND_ERROR "Glib2 not found, but is required")
diff --git a/src/backend/xml/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backend/xml/CMakeLists.txt
index f12a3a6c91..6061d88336 100644
--- a/src/backend/xml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backend/xml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${GCONF2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${GLIB2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${GUILE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${LIBINTL_INCLUDE_PATH})
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR})
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${REGEX_INCLUDE_PATH})
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src ) # for config.h
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src ) # for gnc-ui.h