diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.8.0.recipe b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.8.0.recipe
index 32c97981f..199f4fb25 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_MD5="c62106f02ee00b6437f0fb9d370c1093"
-REVISION="6"
+REVISION="7"
 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 d01d3ef3b..04aea95d4 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 847ae3527f9a7c10bbb81a299c0779bdedaa078b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 5f1f102b9ca68a60598e75acd2dfcc03eedf48f0 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
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ index 2989325..162d348 100644
  
      --exec-prefix)
 -- 
-1.7.10.2
+1.8.3.4
 
 
-From 6a3fd0a71df7e9f9207cc44dab2abd77822939fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From af85142e9157eec3acd0b5f6d171eeb63a5dd6c5 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
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ index a5f86ca..ade0cf8 100644
  	    if test -r $prefix/include/python$PYTHON_VERSION/Python.h
  	    then
 -- 
-1.7.10.2
+1.8.3.4
 
 
-From 76ec01677cdf7b754497320bca5587c423d0bf65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 077d229d4c92bbb11d5ce2dfa6ce9334b77c30db 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)
@@ -121,5 +121,32 @@ index 52c89fc..7549db9 100644
  
  PYTESTS=	\
 -- 
-1.7.10.2
+1.8.3.4
+
+
+From 020e1f1fb2f2234d0a7222e03c6077e9df06e8fb 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.
+
+
+diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
+index ade0cf8..522a2c0 100644
+--- a/configure.in
++++ b/configure.in
+@@ -767,10 +767,10 @@ if test "$with_python" != "no" ; then
+     if test "$PYTHON_VERSION" != ""
+     then
+ 	if test -r $with_python/develop/headers/python$PYTHON_VERSION/Python.h -a \
+-	   -d $with_python/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages
++	   -d $with_python/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/vendor-packages
+ 	then
+ 	    PYTHON_INCLUDES=$with_python/develop/headers/python$PYTHON_VERSION
+-	    PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES=$with_python/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages
++	    PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES=$with_python/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/vendor-packages
+ 	else
+ 	    if test -r $prefix/include/python$PYTHON_VERSION/Python.h
+ 	    then
+-- 
+1.8.3.4