diff --git a/app/src/main/jni/Android.mk b/app/src/main/jni/Android.mk
index 462689603..f54507585 100644
--- a/app/src/main/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/app/src/main/jni/Android.mk
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(PREFIX)/lib/$(LOCAL_MODULE).so
 LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(PREFIX)/include
 include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
 
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+LOCAL_MODULE := libxml2
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(PREFIX)/lib/$(LOCAL_MODULE).so
+LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(PREFIX)/include
+include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
+
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 LOCAL_MODULE := libmpv
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(PREFIX)/lib/libmpv.so
diff --git a/buildscripts/include/depinfo.sh b/buildscripts/include/depinfo.sh
index 0c08ba88f..84202229b 100755
--- a/buildscripts/include/depinfo.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/include/depinfo.sh
@@ -15,14 +15,16 @@ v_harfbuzz=12.2.0
 v_fribidi=1.0.16
 v_freetype=2.14.1
 v_mbedtls=3.6.5
+v_libxml2=2.13.5
 
 
 ## Dependency tree
 # I would've used a dict but putting arrays in a dict is not a thing
 
 dep_mbedtls=()
+dep_libxml2=()
 dep_dav1d=()
-dep_ffmpeg=(mbedtls dav1d)
+dep_ffmpeg=(mbedtls dav1d libxml2)
 dep_freetype2=()
 dep_fribidi=()
 dep_harfbuzz=()
diff --git a/buildscripts/include/download-deps.sh b/buildscripts/include/download-deps.sh
index e6fbb23df..3b7c75f66 100755
--- a/buildscripts/include/download-deps.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/include/download-deps.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ if [ ! -d mbedtls ]; then
 		tar -xj -C mbedtls --strip-components=1
 fi
 
+# libxml2
+if [ ! -d libxml2 ]; then
+	mkdir libxml2
+	$WGET https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/archive/v$v_libxml2/libxml2-v$v_libxml2.tar.gz -O - | \
+		tar -xz -C libxml2 --strip-components=1
+fi
+
 # dav1d
 [ ! -d dav1d ] && git clone https://github.com/videolan/dav1d
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/scripts/ffmpeg.sh b/buildscripts/scripts/ffmpeg.sh
index c9c73a74b..e90eab9cb 100755
--- a/buildscripts/scripts/ffmpeg.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/scripts/ffmpeg.sh
@@ -28,19 +28,16 @@ args=(
 	--arch=${ndk_triple%%-*} --cpu=$cpu
 	--extra-cflags="-I$prefix_dir/include $cpuflags" --extra-ldflags="-L$prefix_dir/lib"
 
-	--enable-{jni,mediacodec,mbedtls,libdav1d} --disable-vulkan
+	--enable-{jni,mediacodec,mbedtls,libdav1d,libxml2} --disable-vulkan
 	--disable-static --enable-shared --enable-{gpl,version3}
 
 	# disable unneeded parts
 	--disable-{stripping,doc,programs}
 	# to keep the build lean we disable some feature quite aggressively:
-	# - muxers, encoders: mpv-android does not have any way to use these
 	# - devices: no practical use on Android
-	--disable-{muxers,encoders,devices}
+	--disable-{encoders,devices}
 	# useful to taking screenshots
 	--enable-encoder=mjpeg,png
-	# useful for the `dump-cache` command
-	--enable-muxer=mov,matroska,mpegts
 )
 ../configure "${args[@]}"
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/scripts/libxml2.sh b/buildscripts/scripts/libxml2.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ad2a4e177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildscripts/scripts/libxml2.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. ../../include/path.sh
+
+[ -f configure ] || ./autogen.sh --host=$ndk_triple --without-python
+
+if [ "$1" == "build" ]; then
+	true
+elif [ "$1" == "clean" ]; then
+	make clean
+	exit 0
+else
+	exit 255
+fi
+
+$0 clean # separate building not supported, always clean
+
+./configure \
+	--host=$ndk_triple \
+	--without-python \
+	--without-iconv
+make -j$cores
+make DESTDIR="$prefix_dir" install