diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b1c23ea9f..0f634f17a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -709,6 +709,9 @@ target_link_libraries(zig LINK_PUBLIC
     ${LLVM_LIBRARIES}
     ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
 )
+if(APPLE)
+    target_link_libraries(zig LINK_PUBLIC xml2)
+endif()
 if(ZIG_DIA_GUIDS_LIB)
     target_link_libraries(zig LINK_PUBLIC ${ZIG_DIA_GUIDS_LIB})
 endif()
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 0a7795d61..d7c67d8a7 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ pub fn build(b: &Builder) !void {
 
         exe.linkSystemLibrary("pthread");
     } else if (exe.target.isDarwin()) {
+        exe.linkSystemLibrary("xml2");
         exe.linkSystemLibrary("c++");
     }