AC_ARG_WITH(libdir, [ --with-libdir=add colon seperated list of directories to linker search path],
LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS" -L"`echo $withval|sed 's;\:; -L;g'`)
+dnl check for libxml2 library installation dir
+AC_ARG_WITH(libxml2, [ --with-libxml2=installation prefix of libxml2 (IPD: --with-libxml2=/usr/public/libxml2)],
+ LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS" -L"$withval"/lib";
+ CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS" -I"$withval"/include/libxml2")
+
dnl Package options
dnl ===============