diff --git a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
index 08a93e6af3..b3d0ab9834 100644
--- a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
+++ b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
@@ -390,6 +390,13 @@ else
 FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-iconv
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
+FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libxml2
+FFMPEG_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
+else
+FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libxml2
+endif
+
 # ffmpeg freetype support require fenv.h which is only
 # available/working on glibc.
 # The microblaze variant doesn't provide the needed exceptions