diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f1fd5ff87f..9b1d33fa9d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+3447.	[port]		Add support for libxml2-2.9.x [RT #32231]
+
 3446.	[port]		win32: Add source ID (see change #3400) to build.
 			[RT #31683]
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e325dfa32e..2fb30516d7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15707,7 +15707,7 @@ case "$use_libxml2" in
 		;;
 	auto|yes)
 		case X`(xml2-config --version) 2>/dev/null` in
-		X2.[678].*)
+		X2.[6789].*)
 			libxml2_libs=`xml2-config --libs`
 			libxml2_cflags=`xml2-config --cflags`
 			;;
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 65ae6f1759..c7dc02a027 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ case "$use_libxml2" in
 		;;
 	auto|yes)
 		case X`(xml2-config --version) 2>/dev/null` in
-		X2.[[678]].*)
+		X2.[[6789]].*)
 			libxml2_libs=`xml2-config --libs`
 			libxml2_cflags=`xml2-config --cflags`
 			;;