diff --git a/steps/libxml2-2.10.4/pass1.sh b/steps/libxml2-2.10.4/pass1.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fecfee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps/libxml2-2.10.4/pass1.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+src_configure() {
+    PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig/" \
+    ./configure \
+        --prefix="${PREFIX}" \
+        --libdir="${LIBDIR}" \
+        --sysconfdir=/etc
+}
diff --git a/steps/libxml2-2.10.4/sources b/steps/libxml2-2.10.4/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2000659e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps/libxml2-2.10.4/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml2/2.10/libxml2-2.10.4.tar.xz ed0c91c5845008f1936739e4eee2035531c1c94742c6541f44ee66d885948d45
diff --git a/steps/manifest b/steps/manifest
index 0eaaf849..760e5d91 100644
--- a/steps/manifest
+++ b/steps/manifest
@@ -203,3 +203,4 @@ improve: null_time ( FORCE_TIMESTAMPS == True )
 improve: update_checksums ( UPDATE_CHECKSUMS == True )
 improve: after
 build: git-2.43.0
+build: libxml2-2.10.4