diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
index 86c8eb815f..5ccbc695ea 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ (define-public libxslt
     (inputs `(("libgcrypt" ,libgcrypt)
               ("libxml2" ,libxml2)
               ("python" ,python-minimal-wrapper)
-              ("zlib" ,zlib)))
+              ("zlib" ,zlib)
+              ("xz" ,xz)))
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (description