diff --git a/dev-lang/gnucobol/gnucobol-2.2.recipe b/dev-lang/gnucobol/gnucobol-3.2.recipe
similarity index 81%
rename from dev-lang/gnucobol/gnucobol-2.2.recipe
rename to dev-lang/gnucobol/gnucobol-3.2.recipe
index 47533852c..52ccdabde 100644
--- a/dev-lang/gnucobol/gnucobol-2.2.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/gnucobol/gnucobol-3.2.recipe
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ LICENSE="GNU GPL v3
 	GNU FDL v1.3"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://sourceforge.net/projects/open-cobol/files/gnu-cobol/$portVersion/gnucobol-$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="925838decd65864b2aa3a4bf1385ce4bc708b942e05e8406945a730d7aab32cb"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="29f30a77176015847f0afb2e22939e39798bb4d98c7c7a26f6765930b4553c52"
+PATCHES="gnucobol-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="?all !x86_gcc2"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="?x86"
@@ -38,12 +39,13 @@ PROVIDES="
 	"
 REQUIRES="
 	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libdb$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libdb_18.1$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libgmp$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libintl$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libltdl$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libncurses$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libxml2$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ PROVIDES_devel="
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
 	gnucobol$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
-	devel:libdb$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libdb_18.1$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libgmp$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libintl$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libltdl$secondaryArchSuffix
@@ -62,16 +64,18 @@ REQUIRES_devel="
 
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
-	devel:libdb$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libdb_18.1$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libgmp$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libintl$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libltdl$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libncurses$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libxml2$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:aclocal
 	cmd:autoconf
+	cmd:autopoint$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:awk
 	cmd:bison
 	cmd:find
@@ -79,7 +83,10 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:libtoolize$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:make
+	cmd:msgfmt$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:msgmerge$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:xgettext$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 
 TEST_REQUIRES="
@@ -91,7 +98,8 @@ BUILD()
 {
 	autoreconf -vfi
 	runConfigure --omit-dirs binDir ./configure \
-		--bindir=$commandBinDir
+		--bindir=$commandBinDir \
+		--disable-static
 	make $jobArgs
 }
 
@@ -113,9 +121,9 @@ TEST()
 {
 	export LIBRARY_PATH=$sourceDir/libcob/.libs:$LIBRARY_PATH
 	make check
-	# ERROR: 761 tests were run,
-	# 9 failed (6 expected failures).
-	# 5 tests were skipped.
+	# ERROR: 1259 tests were run,
+	# 33 failed (31 expected failures).
+	# 23 tests were skipped.
 
 	make test
 	# this will download a testsuite for cobol85 (about 4MB)
diff --git a/dev-lang/gnucobol/patches/gnucobol-3.2.patchset b/dev-lang/gnucobol/patches/gnucobol-3.2.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9fc79abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-lang/gnucobol/patches/gnucobol-3.2.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From 63d6e90023696ed4addc0e0cae30c6662f963846 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Luc Schrijvers <begasus@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 10:59:20 +0200
+Subject: libxml patch
+
+https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/dev-lang/gnucobol/files/gnucobol-3.2-libxml.patch
+
+diff --git a/libcob/common.c b/libcob/common.c
+index eef27ff..d51a659 100644
+--- a/libcob/common.c
++++ b/libcob/common.c
+@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
+ #if defined (WITH_XML2)
+ #include <libxml/xmlversion.h>
+ #include <libxml/xmlwriter.h>
++#include <libxml/parser.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+ #if defined (WITH_CJSON)
+-- 
+2.48.1
+