diff --git a/XML-LibXML-2.0206-Use-pkgconfig-instead-of-Alien-Libxml2.patch b/XML-LibXML-2.0206-Use-pkgconfig-instead-of-Alien-Libxml2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee10e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/XML-LibXML-2.0206-Use-pkgconfig-instead-of-Alien-Libxml2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+diff -up XML-LibXML-2.0206/Makefile.PL.orig XML-LibXML-2.0206/Makefile.PL
+--- XML-LibXML-2.0206/Makefile.PL.orig	2020-09-15 10:00:42.000000000 +0200
++++ XML-LibXML-2.0206/Makefile.PL	2020-11-30 15:54:20.965335954 +0100
+@@ -17,15 +17,31 @@ use warnings;
+ 
+ require 5.008001;
+ 
+-use Alien::Base::Wrapper qw( Alien::Libxml2 );
+ use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
+ use Config;
+ 
+ my $SKIP_SAX_INSTALL = $ENV{SKIP_SAX_INSTALL};
+ 
++my $libs = '';
++my $inc  = '';
++if (`xml2-config --modules 2>/dev/null`) {
++  $libs = `xml2-config --libs 2>/dev/null`;
++  $inc  = `xml2-config --cflags 2>/dev/null`;
++}
++elsif (`pkg-config --modversion libcrypto 2>/dev/null`) {
++  $libs = `pkg-config --libs libxml-2.0 2>/dev/null`;
++  $inc  = `pkg-config --cflags libxml-2.0 2>/dev/null`;
++}
++
++$libs =~ s/[\r\n]+/ /g;
++$inc  =~ s/[\r\n]+/ /g;
++
++die "Could not determine location of libxml2 libs."
++  unless $libs =~ /^-/;
++die "Could not determine location of libxml2 headers."
++  unless $inc =~ /^-/;
++
+ my %ConfigReqs = (
+-  "Alien::Libxml2" => '0.14',
+-  "Alien::Base::Wrapper" => 0,
+   "Config" => 0,
+   "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" => 0,
+ );
+@@ -71,7 +87,8 @@ my %prereqs = (
+ my %xsbuild = (
+   DEFINE  => '-DHAVE_UTF8',
+   OBJECT  => '$(O_FILES)',
+-  Alien::Base::Wrapper->mm_args,
++  LIBS    => $libs,
++  INC     => $inc,
+ );
+ 
+ my %WriteMakefileArgs = (
diff --git a/perl-XML-LibXML.spec b/perl-XML-LibXML.spec
index b095e00..08abfa4 100644
--- a/perl-XML-LibXML.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-LibXML.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Name:           perl-XML-LibXML
 # it might not be needed anymore
 # this module is maintained, the other is not
 Version:        2.0206
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Epoch:          1
 Summary:        Perl interface to the libxml2 library
 License:        (GPL+ or Artistic) and MIT
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Source0:        https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/S/SH/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-%{v
 # Fix parsing ampersand entities in SAX interface, CPAN RT#131498,
 # posted to the upstream.
 Patch0:         XML-LibXML-2.0202-Parse-an-ampersand-entity-in-SAX-interface.patch
+# To reduce dependencies replace Alien::Libxml2 with pkg-config
+Patch1:         XML-LibXML-2.0206-Use-pkgconfig-instead-of-Alien-Libxml2.patch
 BuildRequires:  coreutils
 BuildRequires:  findutils
 BuildRequires:  glibc-common
@@ -26,11 +28,10 @@ BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  perl-devel
 BuildRequires:  perl-generators
 BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
-BuildRequires:  perl(Alien::Base::Wrapper)
-BuildRequires:  perl(Alien::Libxml2) >= 0.14
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker) >= 6.76
 BuildRequires:  perl(strict)
 BuildRequires:  perl(warnings)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libxml-2.0)
 # Run-time
 BuildRequires:  perl(base)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Carp)
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ validating XML parser and the high performance DOM implementation.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n XML-LibXML-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 chmod -x *.c
 for i in Changes; do
   /usr/bin/iconv -f iso8859-1 -t utf-8 $i > $i.conv && /bin/mv -f $i.conv $i
@@ -133,6 +135,9 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 30 2020 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 1:2.0206-2
+- Replace using of Alien::Libxml2 with pkg-config
+
 * Tue Sep 15 2020 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 1:2.0206-1
 - 2.0206 bump