--- a/configure.ac	2017-06-12 06:48:15.000000000 +0200
+++ b/configure.ac	2017-06-12 06:50:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@
 CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $ticcutils_CFLAGS"
 LIBS="$LIBS $ticcutils_LIBS"
 
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libxml2], [libxml-2.0 >= 2.6.16] )
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $libxml2_CFLAGS"
+LIBS="$LIBS $libxml2_LIBS"
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   Makefile
   mbt.pc