diff --git a/packaging/win32/defaults.sh b/packaging/win32/defaults.sh
index e5b648aa81..f5bc8d6927 100644
--- a/packaging/win32/defaults.sh
+++ b/packaging/win32/defaults.sh
@@ -211,11 +211,12 @@ set_default EXETYPE_DIR $TOOLS_DIR
 XMLSOFT_URL="http://xmlsoft.org/sources/win32"
 XSLT_BASE_URL="http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/libxslt/1.1"
 XML2_BASE_URL="http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/libxml2/2.6"
-LIBXSLT_VERSION=1.1.22
+LIBXSLT_VERSION="1.1.22"
 #LIBXSLT_VERSION=1.1.26
 set_default LIBXSLT_SRC_URL "${XSLT_BASE_URL}/libxslt-${LIBXSLT_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 set_default LIBXSLT_MAKEFILE_PATCH "`pwd`/libxslt-1.1.22.Makefile.in.patch"
-set_default LIBXML2_SRC_URL "${XML2_BASE_URL}/libxml2-2.6.27.tar.bz2"
+LIBXML2_VERSION="2.6.30"
+set_default LIBXML2_SRC_URL "${XML2_BASE_URL}/libxml2-${LIBXML2_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 set_default LIBXSLT_ICONV_URL "${XMLSOFT_URL}/iconv-1.9.2.win32.zip"
 set_default LIBXSLT_ZLIB_URL "${XMLSOFT_URL}/zlib-1.2.3.win32.zip"
 set_default LIBXSLT_DIR $GLOBAL_DIR\\libxslt
diff --git a/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh b/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh
index 13b988311a..6cc6b307cc 100755
--- a/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh
+++ b/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ function inst_gnome() {
         quiet ${PKG_CONFIG} --atleast-version=${GTK_VERSION} gtk+-2.0 &&
         quiet ${PKG_CONFIG} --atleast-version=${CAIRO_VERSION} cairo &&
         quiet ${PKG_CONFIG} --atleast-version=${PIXMAN_VERSION} pixman-1 &&
+        quiet ${PKG_CONFIG} --atleast-version=${LIBXML2_VERSION} libxml-2.0 &&
         quiet intltoolize --version
     then
         echo "gnome packages installed in $_GNOME_UDIR.  skipping."
@@ -616,19 +617,30 @@ EOF
         fi
         quiet ${PKG_CONFIG} --exact-version=${PIXMAN_VERSION} pixman-1 || die "pixman not installed correctly"
 
-        wget_unpacked $LIBXML2_SRC_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $TMP_DIR
-        assert_one_dir $TMP_UDIR/libxml2-*
-        qpushd $TMP_UDIR/libxml2-*
-            ./configure ${HOST_XCOMPILE} \
-                --prefix=${_GNOME_UDIR} \
-                --without-threads
-            make
-            make install
-        qpopd
-        rm -rf ${TMP_UDIR}/libxml2-*
+        if quiet ${PKG_CONFIG} --exact-version=${LIBXML2_VERSION} libxml-2.0 ; then
+            echo "Libxml2 already compiled + installed"
+        else
+            wget_unpacked $LIBXML2_SRC_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $TMP_DIR
+            assert_one_dir $TMP_UDIR/libxml2-*
+            qpushd $TMP_UDIR/libxml2-*
+                ./configure ${HOST_XCOMPILE} \
+                    --prefix=${_GNOME_UDIR} \
+                    --disable-static \
+                    --with-python=no \
+                    --without-threads
+                make
+                make install
+            qpopd
+            rm -rf ${TMP_UDIR}/libxml2-*
+        fi
 
         quiet gconftool-2 --version &&
         quiet ${PKG_CONFIG} --exists gconf-2.0 libgnome-2.0 libgnomeui-2.0 &&
+        quiet ${PKG_CONFIG} --atleast-version=${GCONF_VERSION} gconf-2.0 &&
+        quiet ${PKG_CONFIG} --atleast-version=${GTK_VERSION} gtk+-2.0 &&
+        quiet ${PKG_CONFIG} --atleast-version=${CAIRO_VERSION} cairo &&
+        quiet ${PKG_CONFIG} --atleast-version=${PIXMAN_VERSION} pixman-1 &&
+        quiet ${PKG_CONFIG} --atleast-version=${LIBXML2_VERSION} libxml-2.0 &&
         quiet intltoolize --version || die "gnome not installed correctly"
     fi
     [ ! -d $_GNOME_UDIR/share/aclocal ] || add_to_env "-I $_GNOME_UDIR/share/aclocal" ACLOCAL_FLAGS
@@ -1140,6 +1152,7 @@ function inst_libxslt() {
 	    patch -p0 -u -i ${LIBXSLT_MAKEFILE_PATCH}
             ./configure ${HOST_XCOMPILE} \
                 --prefix=${_LIBXSLT_UDIR} \
+                --with-python=no \
                 --with-libxml-prefix=${_GNOME_UDIR} CPPFLAGS="${GNUTLS_CPPFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${GNUTLS_LDFLAGS}"
             make
             make install