diff --git a/srcpkgs/recoll/template b/srcpkgs/recoll/template
index 963f4da482..5834d3b2c8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/recoll/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/recoll/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-python-module --disable-python-chm
  --enable-recollq --disable-x11mon"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel qt5-qmake"
 makedepends="xapian-core-devel zlib-devel libuuid-devel qt5-webkit-devel qt5-devel
- aspell-devel libxslt-devel"
+ aspell-devel libxslt-devel libxml2-devel"
 short_desc="Full text search tool based on Xapian backend"
 maintainer="Rui Abreu Ferreira <raf-ep@gmx.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"