diff --git a/templates/libxml2/template b/templates/libxml2/template
index e1f5e7ae9ba..2adabfe1cab 100644
--- a/templates/libxml2/template
+++ b/templates/libxml2/template
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # Template build file for 'libxml2'.
 pkgname=libxml2
-version=2.7.2
+version=2.7.3
 distfiles="http://xmlsoft.org/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-make_cmd="$XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin/gmake"
-pkgconfig_override="libxml-2.0.pc"
 short_desc="XML parser library from the GNOME project"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=2b14531007a705679c7814618dc15baed62bc574
+checksum=432464d8c9bd8060d9c1fdef1cfa75803c1a363ceac20b21f8c7e34e056e5a98
 long_desc="
  XML parser library from the GNOME project."
+
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency full zlib
+Add_dependency full python