diff --git a/libxml2.be0 b/libxml2.be0
index 1b7798eef..632020ce3 100755
--- a/libxml2.be0
+++ b/libxml2.be0
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env beesh
 
-# BEE_VERSION libxml2-2.9.4-1
+# BEE_VERSION libxml2-2.9.12-0
+
+BEE_BUILDTYPE=autotools
 
 ## this file was created by bee init and should be executed to build a
 ## bee-package. (Additional hints are located at the end of this file.)
@@ -9,7 +11,8 @@
 ## The source URL(s) define the location of the sources that will be
 ## downloaded. Version variables may be used to simplify reuse of this bee-file.
 
-SRCURL[0]="http://xmlsoft.org/sources/libxml2-${PKGVERSION}.tar.gz"
+# http://xmlsoft.org/sources/libxml2-${PKGVERSION}.tar.gz
+SRCURL[0]=https://beehive.molgen.mpg.de/f433a39be087a9f0b197eb2307ad9f75/libxml2-2.9.12.tar.gz
 
 ###############################################################################
 ## Add URLs/pathes to patch files to the PATCHURL array.