diff -Nru libxml2-2.9.9.orig/python/Makefile.in libxml2-2.9.9/python/Makefile.in
--- libxml2-2.9.9.orig/python/Makefile.in	2019-01-05 14:23:07.779691060 +0100
+++ libxml2-2.9.9/python/Makefile.in	2019-01-05 14:23:44.768849605 +0100
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
 @WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@python_LTLIBRARIES = libxml2mod.la
 @WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@libxml2mod_la_SOURCES = libxml.c libxml_wrap.h libxml2-py.h libxml2-py.c types.c
 @WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@libxml2mod_la_LDFLAGS = $(CYGWIN_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(WIN32_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) -module -avoid-version \
-@WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@        $(top_builddir)/libxml2.la $(CYGWIN_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD) $(WIN32_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD) $(PYTHON_LIBS)
+@WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@        $(libdir)/libxml2.la $(CYGWIN_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD) $(WIN32_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD) $(PYTHON_LIBS)
 
 @WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@BUILT_SOURCES = libxml2-export.c libxml2-py.h libxml2-py.c
 @WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@dist_python_DATA = \