diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 316ecc80d4..f9a60cbed3 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -368,7 +368,19 @@ if(NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
     # libxml2 is required for IFCXML (optional) and SVGFILL (mandatory)
     clear_wasm_sysroot()
     if(IFCXML_SUPPORT)
-        find_package(LibXml2 REQUIRED)
+        if((NOT LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR AND NOT LIBXML2_LIBRARIES))
+            find_package(LibXml2 CONFIG REQUIRED)
+            message(STATUS "Found LibXml2 config: ${LibXml2_DIR}")
+            get_target_property(LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR LibXml2::LibXml2 INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+            get_target_property(_libxml2_debug LibXml2::LibXml2 IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG)
+            get_target_property(_libxml2_release LibXml2::LibXml2 IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE)
+            set(LIBXML2_LIBRARIES
+                optimized ${_libxml2_release}
+                debug     ${_libxml2_debug}
+            )
+        else()
+            find_package(LibXml2 REQUIRED)
+        endif()
     endif()
     restore_wasm_sysroot()
 endif()
@@ -379,7 +391,7 @@ if(IFCXML_SUPPORT)
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_IFCGEOM)
-    if(MSVC)
+    if(MSVC AND NOT LibXml2_DIR)
         add_debug_variants(LIBXML2_LIBRARIES "${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES}" d)
     endif()