--- libxml-1.8.17/xml-config.in	2007-10-25 13:39:44.000000000 +0100
+++ libxml-1.8.17/xml-config.in	2007-10-25 13:40:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
 includedir=@includedir@
-libdir=@libdir@
+libdir=`pkg-config --variable=libdir libxml`
 
 usage()
 {