diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/common.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/common.nix
index 61c40a95ffe3..6fbae9218df3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/common.nix
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ stdenv'.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     };
   };
 
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2";
     description = "XML parsing library for C";