diff --git a/package/clamav/clamav.mk b/package/clamav/clamav.mk
index cd2d06e6b3..e2ee99d02b 100644
--- a/package/clamav/clamav.mk
+++ b/package/clamav/clamav.mk
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ CLAMAV_CONF_OPTS += --without-libjson
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
+CLAMAV_CONF_ENV += ac_cv_path_xmlconfig=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/xml2-config
 CLAMAV_CONF_OPTS += --with-xml=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 CLAMAV_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
 else