diff --git a/0001-lib-Include-libxml-parser.h-for-xmlReadMemory.patch b/0001-lib-Include-libxml-parser.h-for-xmlReadMemory.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8243ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-lib-Include-libxml-parser.h-for-xmlReadMemory.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 02c39dc5e8109ddb911d90759883a504008ba509 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:04:33 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] lib: Include <libxml/parser.h> for xmlReadMemory
+
+Since libxml2 2.12.1 including this header is required to have this
+function declared.
+---
+ lib/launch-libvirt.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/lib/launch-libvirt.c b/lib/launch-libvirt.c
+index 994909a35f..872bc2a054 100644
+--- a/lib/launch-libvirt.c
++++ b/lib/launch-libvirt.c
+@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
+ #include <libvirt/virterror.h>
+ #endif
+ 
++#include <libxml/parser.h>
+ #include <libxml/xmlwriter.h>
+ #include <libxml/xpath.h>
+ 
+-- 
+2.42.0
+
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index adf5cda..b648d12 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ExcludeArch: %{ix86}
 
 # If there are patches which touch autotools files, set this to 1.
 %if !0%{?rhel}
-%global patches_touch_autotools 1
+%global patches_touch_autotools %{nil}
 %else
 # On RHEL the downstream patches always touch autotools files.
 %global patches_touch_autotools 1
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Summary:       Access and modify virtual machine disk images
 Name:          libguestfs
 Epoch:         1
 Version:       1.51.8
-Release:       1%{?dist}
+Release:       2%{?dist}
 License:       LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
 # Build only for architectures that have a kernel
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ Source7:       libguestfs.keyring
 # Maintainer script which helps with handling patches.
 Source8:       copy-patches.sh
 
+Patch:         0001-lib-Include-libxml-parser.h-for-xmlReadMemory.patch
+
 %if 0%{patches_touch_autotools}
 BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, libtool, gettext-devel
 %endif
@@ -1094,6 +1096,9 @@ rm ocaml/html/.gitignore
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 27 2023 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.51.8-2
+- Fix build for libxml2 2.12.1
+
 * Thu Nov 16 2023 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.51.8-1
 - New upstream development version 1.51.8