diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e37f754..6526f56 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -521,6 +521,8 @@ IF( ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux" AND ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} STREQUAL
 ENDIF( ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux" AND ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} STREQUAL "x86_64" )
 
 ADD_LIBRARY( ${LIBRARY_TARGET_NAME} ${LIBRARY_BUILD_TYPE} ${XML2_SRCS} ${PUBLIC_HDRS} ${PRIVATE_HDRS} )
+# Add the necessary flag to tell that XPATH is enabled
+target_compile_definitions(${LIBRARY_TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC LIBXML_XPATH_ENABLED)
 
 IF( ZLIB_FOUND )
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( ${LIBRARY_TARGET_NAME} z)