diff --git a/gpkg/libxml2/build.sh b/gpkg/libxml2/build.sh
index 938ce03d9..6ed736c60 100644
--- a/gpkg/libxml2/build.sh
+++ b/gpkg/libxml2/build.sh
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 --with-threads
 "
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libicu-glibc, ncurses-glibc, readline-glibc, zlib-glibc, liblzma-glibc"
+TERMUX_PKG_SEPARATE_SUB_DEPENDS=true