diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
index b4aa89e881..96553c97b2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
@@ -147,11 +147,12 @@ (define libxml2/fixed
      (origin
        (inherit (package-source libxml2))
        (patches
+        (append (origin-patches (package-source libxml2))
         (search-patches "libxml2-CVE-2017-0663.patch"
                         "libxml2-CVE-2017-7375.patch"
                         "libxml2-CVE-2017-7376.patch"
                         "libxml2-CVE-2017-9047+CVE-2017-9048.patch"
-                        "libxml2-CVE-2017-9049+CVE-2017-9050.patch"))))))
+                        "libxml2-CVE-2017-9049+CVE-2017-9050.patch")))))))
 
 (define-public python-libxml2
   (package (inherit libxml2)