diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f5d7eb0f47..d898fd8f2d 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 913355df85..c8470b361a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15512,7 +15512,7 @@ case "$use_libxml2" in
 		;;
 	auto|yes)
 		case X`(xml2-config --version) 2>/dev/null` in
-		X2.[678].*)
+		X2.[6789].*)
 			libxml2_libs=`xml2-config --libs`
 			libxml2_cflags=`xml2-config --cflags`
 			;;
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7ff42bf4cf..1374f89618 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ case "$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`
 			;;