diff --git a/packages/raptor/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/raptor/CMakeLists.txt
index d20cf92fc..9fddf22a0 100644
--- a/packages/raptor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/raptor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
     )
 if (WIN32)
   ADD_LIBRARY(libxml2 OBJECT ${LIBXML2_SOURCES} )
+  set(YAP_SYSTEM_OPTIONS "libxml2 " ${YAP_SYSTEM_OPTIONS} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  set( CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES} ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} )
+  
 else (WIN32)
   ADD_LIBRARY(libxml2 SHARED ${LIBXML2_SOURCES} )
-endif(WIN32)
 
   if(DEFINED YAP_MAJOR_VERSION)
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(libxml2
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ endif(WIN32)
       ${YAP_LIBRARY}
       )
   endif()
+endif(WIN32)
 
   check_include_files( libxml2/libxml2.h HAVE_LIBXML2_LIBXML2_H )