diff --git a/groups.d/251.native_packages_lib.group b/groups.d/251.native_packages_lib.group
index 873deb5..d26d8a5 100644
--- a/groups.d/251.native_packages_lib.group
+++ b/groups.d/251.native_packages_lib.group
@@ -329,15 +329,14 @@ gl_cv_ld_output_def=no"};
 : ${PKG_LIBWEBP_VERSION:=1.3.2};
 : ${PKG_LIBWEBP_URL:=https://sources.voidlinux.org/libwebp-${PKG_LIBWEBP_VERSION}/libwebp-${PKG_LIBWEBP_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_LIBWEBP_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--disable-gl --disable-sdl --disable-sse4.1 --enable-libwebpdecoder --enable-libwebpextras --with-pnglibdir=${PREFIX_NATIVE} --with-pngincludedir=${PREFIX_NATIVE}"};
-: ${PKG_LIBXML2_DEPENDS:="libz xz"};
-: ${PKG_LIBXML2_SHA256SUM:=0d676b10cfd13ab966907a3917bd86b17a1c22befdf42144cdc1ad5bb9e65c45};
-: ${PKG_LIBXML2_VERSION:=2.9.13};
-: ${PKG_LIBXML2_URL:=https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/archive/v${PKG_LIBXML2_VERSION}/libxml2-v${PKG_LIBXML2_VERSION}.tar.gz};
+: ${PKG_LIBXML2_DEPENDS:="libz xz libiconv"};
+: ${PKG_LIBXML2_SHA256SUM:=889c593a881a3db5fdd96cc9318c87df34eb648edfc458272ad46fd607353fbb};
+: ${PKG_LIBXML2_VERSION:=2.12.6};
+: ${PKG_LIBXML2_URL:=https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml2/${PKG_LIBXML2_VERSION%.*}/libxml2-${PKG_LIBXML2_VERSION}.tar.xz};
 : ${PKG_LIBXML2_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--with-python=no"};
 : ${PKG_LIBXML2_INSTALL_FILES_V2:="
 	+%[_files]/bin/\%[_target]-xml2-config=bin/%[_target]-xml2-config
 	m0755=bin/%[_target]-xml2-config"};
-: ${PKG_LIBXML2_IN_TREE:=1};
 : ${PKG_LIBXSLT_DEPENDS:="libxml2 libgcrypt"};
 : ${PKG_LIBXSLT_SHA256SUM:=3a4b27dc8027ccd6146725950336f1ec520928f320f144eb5fa7990ae6123ab4};
 : ${PKG_LIBXSLT_VERSION:=1.1.37};
diff --git a/patches/libxml2-2.12.6_pre.local.patch b/patches/libxml2-2.12.6_pre.local.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dec635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/libxml2-2.12.6_pre.local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+diff -ru libxml2-2.12.6.orig/configure libxml2-2.12.6/configure
+--- libxml2-2.12.6.orig/configure	2024-03-15 12:16:45.000000000 +0100
++++ libxml2-2.12.6/configure	2024-03-18 12:11:55.597105358 +0100
+@@ -15849,7 +15849,7 @@
+   ac_status=$?
+   printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+   test $ac_status = 0; }; then
+-  pkg_cv_Z_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "zlib" 2>/dev/null`
++  pkg_cv_Z_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags-only-other "zlib" 2>/dev/null`
+ 		      test "x$?" != "x0" && pkg_failed=yes
+ else
+   pkg_failed=yes
+@@ -15866,7 +15866,7 @@
+   ac_status=$?
+   printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+   test $ac_status = 0; }; then
+-  pkg_cv_Z_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "zlib" 2>/dev/null`
++  pkg_cv_Z_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs-only-l "zlib" 2>/dev/null`
+ 		      test "x$?" != "x0" && pkg_failed=yes
+ else
+   pkg_failed=yes
+@@ -16013,7 +16013,7 @@
+   ac_status=$?
+   printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+   test $ac_status = 0; }; then
+-  pkg_cv_LZMA_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "liblzma" 2>/dev/null`
++  pkg_cv_LZMA_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags-only-other "liblzma" 2>/dev/null`
+ 		      test "x$?" != "x0" && pkg_failed=yes
+ else
+   pkg_failed=yes
+@@ -16030,7 +16030,7 @@
+   ac_status=$?
+   printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+   test $ac_status = 0; }; then
+-  pkg_cv_LZMA_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "liblzma" 2>/dev/null`
++  pkg_cv_LZMA_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs-only-l "liblzma" 2>/dev/null`
+ 		      test "x$?" != "x0" && pkg_failed=yes
+ else
+   pkg_failed=yes