diff --git a/code/CMakeLists.txt b/code/CMakeLists.txt
index f2ac5f69b..4c962537c 100644
--- a/code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ IF(WITH_STATIC)
     IF(LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES)
       SET(LIBXML2_LIBRARIES ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES})
     ENDIF()
+
+    # under Linux and OS X, recent libxml2 versions are linked against libicu
+    FIND_PACKAGE(Icu)
+    IF(ICU_LIBRARIES)
+       SET(LIBXML2_LIBRARIES ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${ICU_LIBRARIES} ${ICU_DATA_LIBRARIES})
+    ENDIF()
+
   ENDIF()
 ENDIF()