diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG(0.17.2)
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DISTLIBS, libconfuse >= 2.6 libcurl)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DISTLIBS, libconfuse >= 2.6 libcurl libxml-2.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CHECK], [check >= 0.9.4])
 
 AC_DEFINE_DIR([SYSCONFDIR], [sysconfdir], [Directory to find configuration files in])