diff --git a/libmetalink.changes b/libmetalink.changes
index ac37b77..eed39cc 100644
--- a/libmetalink.changes
+++ b/libmetalink.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Nov  8 21:07:05 UTC 2009 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
+
+- add support for libxml2 and expat, which makes the build include
+  all API functions, unlike the previous, crippled builds
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov  1 23:48:44 UTC 2009 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/libmetalink.spec b/libmetalink.spec
index aeb998d..d47f33e 100644
--- a/libmetalink.spec
+++ b/libmetalink.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ Group:			System/Libraries
 License:			MIT
 BuildRoot:		%{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
 BuildRequires:	gcc make glibc-devel pkgconfig
+BuildRequires: libxml2-devel
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1030
+BuildRequires: libexpat-devel
+%else
+BuildRequires: expat
+%endif
 BuildRequires:	autoconf automake libtool
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1030
 BuildRequires: licenses
@@ -62,7 +68,9 @@ Metalink XML files.
 
 %build
 %configure \
-	 --disable-static
+	 --disable-static \
+    --with-libexpat \
+    --with-libxml2
 
 %__make %{?jobs:-j%{jobs}}