diff --git a/download.lst b/download.lst
index 641a397c9b15..424c642298c4 100644
--- a/download.lst
+++ b/download.lst
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ export LIBTOMMATH_SHA256SUM := 083daa92d8ee6f4af96a6143b12d7fc8fe1a547e14f862304
 export LIBTOMMATH_TARBALL := ltm-1.0.zip
 export XMLSEC_SHA256SUM := 967ca83edf25ccb5b48a3c4a09ad3405a63365576503bf34290a42de1b92fcd2
 export XMLSEC_TARBALL := xmlsec1-1.2.25.tar.gz
-export LIBXML_SHA256SUM := f63c5e7d30362ed28b38bfa1ac6313f9a80230720b7fb6c80575eeab3ff5900c
-export LIBXML_VERSION_MICRO := 7
+export LIBXML_SHA256SUM := 0b74e51595654f958148759cfef0993114ddccccbb6f31aee018f3558e8e2732
+export LIBXML_VERSION_MICRO := 8
 export LIBXML_TARBALL := libxml2-2.9.$(LIBXML_VERSION_MICRO).tar.gz
 export LIBXSLT_SHA256SUM := 526ecd0abaf4a7789041622c3950c0e7f2c4c8835471515fd77eec684a355460
 export LIBXSLT_VERSION_MICRO := 32
diff --git a/external/libxml2/libxml2-icu.patch.0 b/external/libxml2/libxml2-icu.patch.0
index 9aaad2de4915..b390b03d8787 100644
--- a/external/libxml2/libxml2-icu.patch.0
+++ b/external/libxml2/libxml2-icu.patch.0
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Find bundled ICU in workdir and use debug .libs when needed
+
 diff -up win32/Makefile.msvc.dt win32/Makefile.msvc
 --- win32/Makefile.msvc.dt	2014-07-18 19:00:23.372103963 +0200
 +++ win32/Makefile.msvc	2014-07-18 19:01:39.347982929 +0200
@@ -18,15 +20,14 @@ diff -up win32/Makefile.msvc.dt win32/Makefile.msvc
  LIBS =
  !if "$(WITH_FTP)" == "1" || "$(WITH_HTTP)" == "1"
 @@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ LIBS = $(LIBS) wsock32.lib ws2_32.lib
- LIBS = $(LIBS) iconv.lib
- !endif 
- !if "$(WITH_ICU)" == "1"
--LIBS = $(LIBS) icu.lib
+ !if "$(STATIC)" == "1"
+ LIBS = $(LIBS) advapi32.lib sicuuc.lib sicuin.lib sicudt.lib
+ !else
 +!if "$(WITH_RUN_DEBUG)" == "1"
 +LIBS = $(LIBS) icuind.lib icuucd.lib icudtd.lib
 +!else
-+LIBS = $(LIBS) icuin.lib icuuc.lib icudt.lib
+ LIBS = $(LIBS) icuuc.lib icuin.lib icudt.lib
 +!endif
+ !endif
  !endif
  !if "$(WITH_ZLIB)" == "1"
- # could be named differently zdll or zlib
diff --git a/external/libxml2/libxml2-vc10.patch b/external/libxml2/libxml2-vc10.patch
index f3f2b511f3f2..3892b518d35d 100644
--- a/external/libxml2/libxml2-vc10.patch
+++ b/external/libxml2/libxml2-vc10.patch
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Add SOLARINC, and disable SSE2 default for MSVC2012
 --- build/libxml2-2.7.6/win32/Makefile.msvc.old	2010-09-20 20:22:41.500000000 +0200
 +++ build/libxml2-2.7.6/win32/Makefile.msvc	2010-09-20 20:23:00.250000000 +0200
 @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
- CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) /D "HAVE_LZMA_H"
+ CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) /D "HAVE_PTHREAD_H"
  !endif
  CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
 +CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) -arch:SSE $(SOLARINC)