diff -up gvfs-0.1.8/configure.ac.libxml gvfs-0.1.8/configure.ac
--- gvfs-0.1.8/configure.ac.libxml	2008-02-26 14:18:48.000000000 +0100
+++ gvfs-0.1.8/configure.ac	2008-02-26 14:19:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ if test "x$enable_http" != "xno"; then
   PKG_CHECK_EXISTS(libsoup-2.4 >= 2.3.0, msg_http=yes)
 
   if test "x$msg_http" == "xyes"; then
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(HTTP, libsoup-2.4)
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(HTTP, libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0)
     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_HTTP, 1, [Define to 1 if http/dav is going to be built])
   fi
 fi
diff -up gvfs-0.1.8/configure.libxml gvfs-0.1.8/configure
--- gvfs-0.1.8/configure.libxml	2008-02-26 14:18:53.000000000 +0100
+++ gvfs-0.1.8/configure	2008-02-26 14:20:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -24600,12 +24600,12 @@ if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
         pkg_cv_HTTP_CFLAGS="$HTTP_CFLAGS"
     else
         if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
-    { (echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libsoup-2.4\"") >&5
-  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libsoup-2.4") 2>&5
+    { (echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0\"") >&5
+  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0") 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; then
-  pkg_cv_HTTP_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "libsoup-2.4" 2>/dev/null`
+  pkg_cv_HTTP_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0" 2>/dev/null`
 else
   pkg_failed=yes
 fi
@@ -24618,12 +24618,12 @@ if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
         pkg_cv_HTTP_LIBS="$HTTP_LIBS"
     else
         if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
-    { (echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libsoup-2.4\"") >&5
-  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libsoup-2.4") 2>&5
+    { (echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0\"") >&5
+  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0") 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; then
-  pkg_cv_HTTP_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "libsoup-2.4" 2>/dev/null`
+  pkg_cv_HTTP_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0" 2>/dev/null`
 else
   pkg_failed=yes
 fi
@@ -24642,14 +24642,14 @@ else
         _pkg_short_errors_supported=no
 fi
         if test $_pkg_short_errors_supported = yes; then
-	        HTTP_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "libsoup-2.4"`
+	        HTTP_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0"`
         else
-	        HTTP_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "libsoup-2.4"`
+	        HTTP_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0"`
         fi
 	# Put the nasty error message in config.log where it belongs
 	echo "$HTTP_PKG_ERRORS" >&5
 
-	{ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: Package requirements (libsoup-2.4) were not met:
+	{ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: Package requirements (libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0) were not met:
 
 $HTTP_PKG_ERRORS
 
@@ -24660,7 +24660,7 @@ Alternatively, you may set the environme
 and HTTP_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
 See the pkg-config man page for more details.
 " >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: Package requirements (libsoup-2.4) were not met:
+echo "$as_me: error: Package requirements (libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0) were not met:
 
 $HTTP_PKG_ERRORS