diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.8.0.recipe b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.8.0.recipe
index 7f87250bd..0e3e28ff3 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.8.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.8.0.recipe
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 COPYRIGHT="1998-2003 Daniel Veillard.  All Rights Reserved."
 SRC_URI="ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-2.8.0.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="f2e2d0e322685193d1affec83b21dc05d599e17a7306d7b90de95bb5b9ac622a"
-REVISION="7"
+REVISION="8"
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/patches/libxml2-2.8.0.patchset b/dev-libs/libxml2/patches/libxml2-2.8.0.patchset
index 04aea95d4..19e7c5d8c 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxml2/patches/libxml2-2.8.0.patchset
+++ b/dev-libs/libxml2/patches/libxml2-2.8.0.patchset
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 5f1f102b9ca68a60598e75acd2dfcc03eedf48f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 6db1eb950d7c25695085ceba0688c0fda21aec99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@gmx.de>
 Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 03:04:24 +0200
 Subject: applying patch libxml2-2.8.0.patch
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ index 2989325..162d348 100644
 1.8.3.4
 
 
-From af85142e9157eec3acd0b5f6d171eeb63a5dd6c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From d06473f826da81a99d33142030378e2301ca358a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@gmx.de>
 Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 20:15:20 +0200
 Subject: configure.in: hack to find python directories on Haiku
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ index a5f86ca..ade0cf8 100644
 1.8.3.4
 
 
-From 077d229d4c92bbb11d5ce2dfa6ce9334b77c30db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 0c143c7013080fdf83a863cf3bfbd730dbec1b6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@gmx.de>
 Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 23:00:24 +0200
 Subject: python[/tests]/Makefile.am: $(datadir)/doc -> $(docdir)
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ index 52c89fc..7549db9 100644
 1.8.3.4
 
 
-From 020e1f1fb2f2234d0a7222e03c6077e9df06e8fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 3751469e256a007663bebb0b2206b1700d73d5c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Oliver Tappe <zooey@hirschkaefer.de>
 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 23:51:10 +0200
 Subject: Adjust libxml2 to use vendor-packages directory.
@@ -150,3 +150,54 @@ index ade0cf8..522a2c0 100644
 -- 
 1.8.3.4
 
+
+From a7785e3256cfd57da9e21c11937cd6a4ab5b66a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adrien Destugues <pulkomandy@pulkomandy.tk>
+Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 22:26:17 +0200
+Subject: Allow XML_CATALOG_FILES to point to directories.
+
+These are then recursively explored. Makes it much easier for packages
+to add stuff to the default catalogs
+
+diff --git a/catalog.c b/catalog.c
+index fb586c1..cb74df0 100644
+--- a/catalog.c
++++ b/catalog.c
+@@ -3149,6 +3149,7 @@ xmlInitializeCatalog(void) {
+ 	if (catal != NULL) {
+ 	    /* the XML_CATALOG_FILES envvar is allowed to contain a 
+ 	       space-separated list of entries. */
++
+ 	    cur = catalogs;
+ 	    nextent = &catal->xml;
+ 	    while (*cur != '\0') {
+@@ -3160,10 +3161,26 @@ xmlInitializeCatalog(void) {
+ 			cur++;
+ 		    path = (char *) xmlStrndup((const xmlChar *)paths, cur - paths);
+ 		    if (path != NULL) {
++#if defined(HAIKU)
++				/* On Haiku, we allow directories in that list, as well as files. */
++				int addCatalog(const char* path, const struct stat* sb, int typeflag)
++				{
++					if (typeflag == FTW_F) {
++						*nextent = xmlNewCatalogEntry(XML_CATA_CATALOG, NULL,
++							NULL, BAD_CAST path, xmlCatalogDefaultPrefer, NULL);
++						if (*nextent != NULL)
++			    			nextent = &((*nextent)->next);
++					}
++
++					return 0;
++				}
++				ftw(path, addCatalog, 3);
++#else
+ 			*nextent = xmlNewCatalogEntry(XML_CATA_CATALOG, NULL,
+ 				NULL, BAD_CAST path, xmlCatalogDefaultPrefer, NULL);
+ 			if (*nextent != NULL)
+ 			    nextent = &((*nextent)->next);
++#endif
+ 			xmlFree(path);
+ 		    }
+ 		}
+-- 
+1.8.3.4
+