diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.8.0.recipe b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.8.0.recipe
index 8acd7b29c..ea7897ead 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.8.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.8.0.recipe
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ BUILD()
 	runConfigure ./configure LDFLAGS="-lnetwork"  \
 		--with-html-dir=$docDir/html \
 		--with-html-subdir=""
+	make
 }
 
 INSTALL()