diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/libxml2-2.6.26.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/libxml2-2.6.26.nix
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index 000000000000..ca3067f07654
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+{stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, python ? null, pythonSupport ? true}:
+
+assert zlib != null;
+assert pythonSupport -> python != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "libxml2-2.6.26";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-2.6.26.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "2d8d3805041edab967368b497642f981";
+  };
+
+  python = if pythonSupport then python else null;
+  inherit pythonSupport;
+
+  buildInputs =  if pythonSupport then [python] else [];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [zlib];
+}