diff -Naur libxml2-2.9.1-orig/config.guess libxml2-2.9.1/config.guess
--- libxml2-2.9.1-orig/config.guess	2013-04-19 07:36:12.000000000 +0000
+++ libxml2-2.9.1/config.guess	2013-04-29 06:01:34.328757800 +0000
@@ -844,6 +844,9 @@
     amd64:CYGWIN*:*:* | x86_64:CYGWIN*:*:*)
 	echo x86_64-unknown-cygwin
 	exit ;;
+    amd64:MSYS*:*:* | x86_64:MSYS*:*:*)
+	echo x86_64-unknown-msys
+	exit ;;
     p*:CYGWIN*:*)
 	echo powerpcle-unknown-cygwin
 	exit ;;
diff -Naur libxml2-2.9.1-orig/configure libxml2-2.9.1/configure
--- libxml2-2.9.1-orig/configure	2013-04-19 07:36:11.000000000 +0000
+++ libxml2-2.9.1/configure	2013-04-29 06:01:07.297507800 +0000
@@ -5233,7 +5233,7 @@
     lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=-1;
     ;;
 
-  cygwin* | mingw* | cegcc*)
+  cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | cegcc*)
     # On Win9x/ME, this test blows up -- it succeeds, but takes
     # about 5 minutes as the teststring grows exponentially.
     # Worse, since 9x/ME are not pre-emptively multitasking,
@@ -5422,7 +5422,7 @@
       *-*-mingw* ) # actually msys
         lt_cv_to_host_file_cmd=func_convert_file_msys_to_w32
         ;;
-      *-*-cygwin* )
+      *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* )
         lt_cv_to_host_file_cmd=func_convert_file_cygwin_to_w32
         ;;
       * ) # otherwise, assume *nix
@@ -5430,12 +5430,12 @@
         ;;
     esac
     ;;
-  *-*-cygwin* )
+  *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* )
     case $build in
       *-*-mingw* ) # actually msys
         lt_cv_to_host_file_cmd=func_convert_file_msys_to_cygwin
         ;;
-      *-*-cygwin* )
+      *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* )
         lt_cv_to_host_file_cmd=func_convert_file_noop
         ;;
       * ) # otherwise, assume *nix
@@ -5501,7 +5501,7 @@
 esac
 reload_cmds='$LD$reload_flag -o $output$reload_objs'
 case $host_os in
-  cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+  cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
     if test "$GCC" != yes; then
       reload_cmds=false
     fi
@@ -5659,7 +5659,7 @@
   lt_cv_file_magic_test_file=/shlib/libc.so
   ;;
 
-cygwin*)
+cygwin* | msys*)
   # func_win32_libid is a shell function defined in ltmain.sh
   lt_cv_deplibs_check_method='file_magic ^x86 archive import|^x86 DLL'
   lt_cv_file_magic_cmd='func_win32_libid'
@@ -5980,7 +5980,7 @@
   lt_cv_sharedlib_from_linklib_cmd='unknown'
 
 case $host_os in
-cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
   # two different shell functions defined in ltmain.sh
   # decide which to use based on capabilities of $DLLTOOL
   case `$DLLTOOL --help 2>&1` in
@@ -6473,7 +6473,7 @@
 aix*)
   symcode='[BCDT]'
   ;;
-cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
   symcode='[ABCDGISTW]'
   ;;
 hpux*)
@@ -8426,7 +8426,7 @@
       # PIC is the default for these OSes.
       ;;
 
-    mingw* | cygwin* | pw32* | os2* | cegcc*)
+    mingw* | cygwin* | msys* | pw32* | os2* | cegcc*)
       # This hack is so that the source file can tell whether it is being
       # built for inclusion in a dll (and should export symbols for example).
       # Although the cygwin gcc ignores -fPIC, still need this for old-style
@@ -8510,7 +8510,7 @@
       fi
       ;;
 
-    mingw* | cygwin* | pw32* | os2* | cegcc*)
+    mingw* | cygwin* | msys* | pw32* | os2* | cegcc*)
       # This hack is so that the source file can tell whether it is being
       # built for inclusion in a dll (and should export symbols for example).
       lt_prog_compiler_pic='-DDLL_EXPORT'
@@ -9001,7 +9001,7 @@
   extract_expsyms_cmds=
 
   case $host_os in
-  cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+  cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
     # FIXME: the MSVC++ port hasn't been tested in a loooong time
     # When not using gcc, we currently assume that we are using
     # Microsoft Visual C++.
@@ -9116,7 +9116,7 @@
       fi
       ;;
 
-    cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+    cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
       # _LT_TAGVAR(hardcode_libdir_flag_spec, ) is actually meaningless,
       # as there is no search path for DLLs.
       hardcode_libdir_flag_spec='-L$libdir'
@@ -9573,7 +9573,7 @@
       export_dynamic_flag_spec=-rdynamic
       ;;
 
-    cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+    cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
       # When not using gcc, we currently assume that we are using
       # Microsoft Visual C++.
       # hardcode_libdir_flag_spec is actually meaningless, as there is
@@ -10526,7 +10526,7 @@
   # libtool to hard-code these into programs
   ;;
 
-cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
   version_type=windows
   shrext_cmds=".dll"
   need_version=no
@@ -10558,6 +10558,12 @@
 
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"
       ;;
+    msys*)
+      # MSYS DLLs use 'msys-' prefix rather than 'lib'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+
+      sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"
+      ;;
     mingw* | cegcc*)
       # MinGW DLLs use traditional 'lib' prefix
       soname_spec='${libname}`echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
@@ -10592,7 +10598,7 @@
       # Convert to MSYS style.
       sys_lib_search_path_spec=`$ECHO "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | sed -e 's|\\\\|/|g' -e 's| \\([a-zA-Z]\\):| /\\1|g' -e 's|^ ||'`
       ;;
-    cygwin*)
+    cygwin* | msys*)
       # Convert to unix form, then to dos form, then back to unix form
       # but this time dos style (no spaces!) so that the unix form looks
       # like /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1:/cygdr...
@@ -11257,7 +11263,7 @@
     lt_cv_dlopen_libs=
     ;;
 
-  cygwin*)
+  cygwin* | msys*)
     lt_cv_dlopen="dlopen"
     lt_cv_dlopen_libs=
     ;;
@@ -13996,7 +14002,7 @@
     hppa*-hp-mpeix)
         NEED_TRIO=1
 	;;
-    *-*-mingw* | *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msvc* )
+    *-*-mingw* | *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* | *-*-msvc* )
         # If the host is Windows, and shared libraries are disabled, we
         # need to add -DLIBXML_STATIC to CFLAGS in order for linking to
         # work properly (without it, xmlexports.h would force the use of
@@ -14205,6 +14211,55 @@
 fi
 
   ;;
+  *-*-msys*)
+  MODULE_EXTENSION=".dll"
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for dlopen in -lmsys-2.0" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for dlopen in -lmsys-2.0... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_lib_cygwin_dlopen+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lmsys-2.0  $LIBS"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
+   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+char dlopen ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+return dlopen ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_lib_cygwin_dlopen=yes
+else
+  ac_cv_lib_cygwin_dlopen=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_cygwin_dlopen" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_cygwin_dlopen" >&6; }
+if test "x$ac_cv_lib_cygwin_dlopen" = xyes; then :
+
+    WITH_MODULES=1
+    MODULE_PLATFORM_LIBS=
+
+$as_echo "#define HAVE_DLOPEN /**/" >>confdefs.h
+
+
+fi
+
+  ;;
   *-*-mingw*)
   MODULE_EXTENSION=".dll"
   WITH_MODULES=1
@@ -14472,7 +14527,7 @@
     fi
 
     case $host_os in
-       *cygwin*) THREAD_LIBS=""
+       *cygwin* | *msys*) THREAD_LIBS=""
        ;;
        *beos*) WITH_THREADS="1"
 	   THREAD_CFLAGS="$THREAD_CFLAGS -DHAVE_BEOS_THREADS"
@@ -15196,7 +15251,7 @@
    WIN32_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD="-L${pythondir}/../../libs -lpython$(echo ${PYTHON_VERSION} | tr -d .)"
  fi
  ;;
- *-*-cygwin*)
+ *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys*)
  CYGWIN_EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
  if test "${PYTHON}" != ""
  then
diff -Naur libxml2-2.9.1-orig/configure.in libxml2-2.9.1/configure.in
--- libxml2-2.9.1-orig/configure.in	2013-04-19 07:25:20.000000000 +0000
+++ libxml2-2.9.1/configure.in	2013-04-29 05:55:24.313132800 +0000
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@
     hppa*-hp-mpeix)
         NEED_TRIO=1
 	;;
-    *-*-mingw* | *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msvc* )
+    *-*-mingw* | *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* | *-*-msvc* )
         # If the host is Windows, and shared libraries are disabled, we
         # need to add -DLIBXML_STATIC to CFLAGS in order for linking to
         # work properly (without it, xmlexports.h would force the use of
@@ -850,6 +850,14 @@
     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_DLOPEN], [], [Have dlopen based dso])
   ])
   ;;
+  *-*-msys*)
+  MODULE_EXTENSION=".dll"
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(msys-2.0, dlopen, [
+    WITH_MODULES=1
+    MODULE_PLATFORM_LIBS=
+    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_DLOPEN], [], [Have dlopen based dso])
+  ])
+  ;;
   *-*-mingw*)
   MODULE_EXTENSION=".dll"
   WITH_MODULES=1
@@ -986,7 +994,7 @@
     fi
 
     case $host_os in
-       *cygwin*) THREAD_LIBS=""
+       *cygwin* | *-*-msys*) THREAD_LIBS=""
        ;;
        *beos*) WITH_THREADS="1"
 	   THREAD_CFLAGS="$THREAD_CFLAGS -DHAVE_BEOS_THREADS"
@@ -1503,7 +1511,7 @@
    WIN32_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD="-L${pythondir}/../../libs -lpython$(echo ${PYTHON_VERSION} | tr -d .)"
  fi
  ;;
- *-*-cygwin*)
+ *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys*)
  CYGWIN_EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
  if test "${PYTHON}" != ""
  then
diff -Naur libxml2-2.9.1-orig/ltmain.sh libxml2-2.9.1/ltmain.sh
--- libxml2-2.9.1-orig/ltmain.sh	2013-04-19 07:36:08.000000000 +0000
+++ libxml2-2.9.1/ltmain.sh	2013-04-29 06:04:40.438132800 +0000
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@
   test "$opt_debug" = : || func_append preserve_args " --debug"
 
   case $host in
-    *cygwin* | *mingw* | *pw32* | *cegcc*)
+    *cygwin* | *msys* | *mingw* | *pw32* | *cegcc*)
       # don't eliminate duplications in $postdeps and $predeps
       opt_duplicate_compiler_generated_deps=:
       ;;
@@ -2123,7 +2123,7 @@
 
     # On Cygwin there's no "real" PIC flag so we must build both object types
     case $host_os in
-    cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | os2* | cegcc*)
+    cygwin* | *msys* | mingw* | pw32* | os2* | cegcc*)
       pic_mode=default
       ;;
     esac
@@ -2992,7 +2992,7 @@
 	      'exit $?'
 	  tstripme="$stripme"
 	  case $host_os in
-	  cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+	  cygwin* | *msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
 	    case $realname in
 	    *.dll.a)
 	      tstripme=""
@@ -3098,7 +3098,7 @@
 
 	# Do a test to see if this is really a libtool program.
 	case $host in
-	*cygwin* | *mingw*)
+	*cygwin* | *msys* | *mingw*)
 	    if func_ltwrapper_executable_p "$file"; then
 	      func_ltwrapper_scriptname "$file"
 	      wrapper=$func_ltwrapper_scriptname_result
@@ -3173,7 +3173,7 @@
 	# remove .exe since cygwin /usr/bin/install will append another
 	# one anyway
 	case $install_prog,$host in
-	*/usr/bin/install*,*cygwin*)
+	*/usr/bin/install*,*cygwin*|*/usr/bin/install*,*msys*)
 	  case $file:$destfile in
 	  *.exe:*.exe)
 	    # this is ok
@@ -3323,7 +3323,7 @@
 	      $RM $export_symbols
 	      eval "${SED} -n -e '/^: @PROGRAM@ $/d' -e 's/^.* \(.*\)$/\1/p' "'< "$nlist" > "$export_symbols"'
 	      case $host in
-	      *cygwin* | *mingw* | *cegcc* )
+	      *cygwin* | *msys* | *mingw* | *cegcc* )
                 eval "echo EXPORTS "'> "$output_objdir/$outputname.def"'
                 eval 'cat "$export_symbols" >> "$output_objdir/$outputname.def"'
 	        ;;
@@ -3335,7 +3335,7 @@
 	      eval '$GREP -f "$output_objdir/$outputname.exp" < "$nlist" > "$nlist"T'
 	      eval '$MV "$nlist"T "$nlist"'
 	      case $host in
-	        *cygwin* | *mingw* | *cegcc* )
+	        *cygwin* | *msys* | *mingw* | *cegcc* )
 	          eval "echo EXPORTS "'> "$output_objdir/$outputname.def"'
 	          eval 'cat "$nlist" >> "$output_objdir/$outputname.def"'
 	          ;;
@@ -3349,7 +3349,7 @@
 	  func_basename "$dlprefile"
 	  name="$func_basename_result"
           case $host in
-	    *cygwin* | *mingw* | *cegcc* )
+	    *cygwin* | *msys* | *mingw* | *cegcc* )
 	      # if an import library, we need to obtain dlname
 	      if func_win32_import_lib_p "$dlprefile"; then
 	        func_tr_sh "$dlprefile"
@@ -3502,7 +3502,7 @@
 	# Transform the symbol file into the correct name.
 	symfileobj="$output_objdir/${my_outputname}S.$objext"
 	case $host in
-	*cygwin* | *mingw* | *cegcc* )
+	*cygwin* | *msys* | *mingw* | *cegcc* )
 	  if test -f "$output_objdir/$my_outputname.def"; then
 	    compile_command=`$ECHO "$compile_command" | $SED "s%@SYMFILE@%$output_objdir/$my_outputname.def $symfileobj%"`
 	    finalize_command=`$ECHO "$finalize_command" | $SED "s%@SYMFILE@%$output_objdir/$my_outputname.def $symfileobj%"`
@@ -4375,7 +4375,7 @@
 	{
 EOF
 	    case "$host" in
-	      *mingw* | *cygwin* )
+	      *mingw* | *cygwin* | *msys* )
 		# make stdout use "unix" line endings
 		echo "          setmode(1,_O_BINARY);"
 		;;
@@ -5094,7 +5094,7 @@
 {
     $opt_debug
     case $host in
-    *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2* | *-cegcc*)
+    *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2* | *-cegcc*)
       # It is impossible to link a dll without this setting, and
       # we shouldn't force the makefile maintainer to figure out
       # which system we are compiling for in order to pass an extra
@@ -5581,7 +5581,7 @@
 	  ;;
 	esac
 	case $host in
-	*-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2* | *-cegcc*)
+	*-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2* | *-cegcc*)
 	  testbindir=`$ECHO "$dir" | $SED 's*/lib$*/bin*'`
 	  case :$dllsearchpath: in
 	  *":$dir:"*) ;;
@@ -5601,7 +5601,7 @@
       -l*)
 	if test "X$arg" = "X-lc" || test "X$arg" = "X-lm"; then
 	  case $host in
-	  *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-beos* | *-cegcc* | *-*-haiku*)
+	  *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-beos* | *-cegcc* | *-*-haiku*)
 	    # These systems don't actually have a C or math library (as such)
 	    continue
 	    ;;
@@ -5679,7 +5679,7 @@
 
       -no-install)
 	case $host in
-	*-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2* | *-*-darwin* | *-cegcc*)
+	*-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2* | *-*-darwin* | *-cegcc*)
 	  # The PATH hackery in wrapper scripts is required on Windows
 	  # and Darwin in order for the loader to find any dlls it needs.
 	  func_warning "\`-no-install' is ignored for $host"
@@ -6545,7 +6545,7 @@
 	  fi
 	  case "$host" in
 	    # special handling for platforms with PE-DLLs.
-	    *cygwin* | *mingw* | *cegcc* )
+	    *cygwin* | *msys* | *mingw* | *cegcc* )
 	      # Linker will automatically link against shared library if both
 	      # static and shared are present.  Therefore, ensure we extract
 	      # symbols from the import library if a shared library is present
@@ -6689,7 +6689,7 @@
 	if test -n "$library_names" &&
 	   { test "$use_static_libs" = no || test -z "$old_library"; }; then
 	  case $host in
-	  *cygwin* | *mingw* | *cegcc*)
+	  *cygwin* | *msys* | *mingw* | *cegcc*)
 	      # No point in relinking DLLs because paths are not encoded
 	      func_append notinst_deplibs " $lib"
 	      need_relink=no
@@ -6759,7 +6759,7 @@
 	    elif test -n "$soname_spec"; then
 	      # bleh windows
 	      case $host in
-	      *cygwin* | mingw* | *cegcc*)
+	      *cygwin* | *msys* | mingw* | *cegcc*)
 	        func_arith $current - $age
 		major=$func_arith_result
 		versuffix="-$major"
@@ -7620,7 +7620,7 @@
       if test "$build_libtool_libs" = yes; then
 	if test -n "$rpath"; then
 	  case $host in
-	  *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2* | *-*-beos* | *-cegcc* | *-*-haiku*)
+	  *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2* | *-*-beos* | *-cegcc* | *-*-haiku*)
 	    # these systems don't actually have a c library (as such)!
 	    ;;
 	  *-*-rhapsody* | *-*-darwin1.[012])
@@ -8134,7 +8134,7 @@
 
 	orig_export_symbols=
 	case $host_os in
-	cygwin* | mingw* | cegcc*)
+	cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | cegcc*)
 	  if test -n "$export_symbols" && test -z "$export_symbols_regex"; then
 	    # exporting using user supplied symfile
 	    if test "x`$SED 1q $export_symbols`" != xEXPORTS; then
@@ -8690,7 +8690,7 @@
 
     prog)
       case $host in
-	*cygwin*) func_stripname '' '.exe' "$output"
+	*cygwin* | *msys*) func_stripname '' '.exe' "$output"
 	          output=$func_stripname_result.exe;;
       esac
       test -n "$vinfo" && \
@@ -8803,7 +8803,7 @@
 	  esac
 	fi
 	case $host in
-	*-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2* | *-cegcc*)
+	*-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2* | *-cegcc*)
 	  testbindir=`${ECHO} "$libdir" | ${SED} -e 's*/lib$*/bin*'`
 	  case :$dllsearchpath: in
 	  *":$libdir:"*) ;;
@@ -8881,7 +8881,7 @@
         # Disable wrappers for cegcc and mingw32ce hosts, we are cross compiling anyway.
         wrappers_required=no
         ;;
-      *cygwin* | *mingw* )
+      *cygwin* | *msys* | *mingw* )
         if test "$build_libtool_libs" != yes; then
           wrappers_required=no
         fi
@@ -9028,14 +9028,14 @@
 	esac
 	# test for cygwin because mv fails w/o .exe extensions
 	case $host in
-	  *cygwin*)
+	  *cygwin* | *msys*)
 	    exeext=.exe
 	    func_stripname '' '.exe' "$outputname"
 	    outputname=$func_stripname_result ;;
 	  *) exeext= ;;
 	esac
 	case $host in
-	  *cygwin* | *mingw* )
+	  *cygwin* | *msys* | *mingw* )
 	    func_dirname_and_basename "$output" "" "."
 	    output_name=$func_basename_result
 	    output_path=$func_dirname_result
@@ -9365,7 +9365,7 @@
 	  # tests/bindir.at for full details.
 	  tdlname=$dlname
 	  case $host,$output,$installed,$module,$dlname in
-	    *cygwin*,*lai,yes,no,*.dll | *mingw*,*lai,yes,no,*.dll | *cegcc*,*lai,yes,no,*.dll)
+	    *cygwin*,*lai,yes,no,*.dll | *msys*,*lai,yes,no,*.dll | *mingw*,*lai,yes,no,*.dll | *cegcc*,*lai,yes,no,*.dll)
 	      # If a -bindir argument was supplied, place the dll there.
 	      if test "x$bindir" != x ;
 	      then
diff -Naur libxml2-2.9.1-orig/m4/libtool.m4 libxml2-2.9.1/m4/libtool.m4
--- libxml2-2.9.1-orig/m4/libtool.m4	2013-04-19 07:36:08.000000000 +0000
+++ libxml2-2.9.1/m4/libtool.m4	2013-04-29 06:19:38.868796900 +0000
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@
     lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=-1;
     ;;
 
-  cygwin* | mingw* | cegcc*)
+  cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | cegcc*)
     # On Win9x/ME, this test blows up -- it succeeds, but takes
     # about 5 minutes as the teststring grows exponentially.
     # Worse, since 9x/ME are not pre-emptively multitasking,
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@
     lt_cv_dlopen_libs=
     ;;
 
-  cygwin*)
+  cygwin* | msys*)
     lt_cv_dlopen="dlopen"
     lt_cv_dlopen_libs=
     ;;
@@ -2334,7 +2334,7 @@
   # libtool to hard-code these into programs
   ;;
 
-cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
   version_type=windows
   shrext_cmds=".dll"
   need_version=no
@@ -2366,6 +2366,12 @@
 m4_if([$1], [],[
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"])
       ;;
+    msys*)
+      # MSYS DLLs use 'msys-' prefix rather than 'lib'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[[.]]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+m4_if([$1], [],[
+      sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"])
+      ;;
     mingw* | cegcc*)
       # MinGW DLLs use traditional 'lib' prefix
       soname_spec='${libname}`echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[[.]]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
@@ -2400,7 +2406,7 @@
       # Convert to MSYS style.
       sys_lib_search_path_spec=`$ECHO "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | sed -e 's|\\\\|/|g' -e 's| \\([[a-zA-Z]]\\):| /\\1|g' -e 's|^ ||'`
       ;;
-    cygwin*)
+    cygwin* | msys*)
       # Convert to unix form, then to dos form, then back to unix form
       # but this time dos style (no spaces!) so that the unix form looks
       # like /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1:/cygdr...
@@ -3144,7 +3150,7 @@
 esac
 reload_cmds='$LD$reload_flag -o $output$reload_objs'
 case $host_os in
-  cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+  cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
     if test "$GCC" != yes; then
       reload_cmds=false
     fi
@@ -3200,7 +3206,7 @@
   lt_cv_file_magic_test_file=/shlib/libc.so
   ;;
 
-cygwin*)
+cygwin* | msys*)
   # func_win32_libid is a shell function defined in ltmain.sh
   lt_cv_deplibs_check_method='file_magic ^x86 archive import|^x86 DLL'
   lt_cv_file_magic_cmd='func_win32_libid'
@@ -3510,7 +3516,7 @@
 [lt_cv_sharedlib_from_linklib_cmd='unknown'
 
 case $host_os in
-cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
   # two different shell functions defined in ltmain.sh
   # decide which to use based on capabilities of $DLLTOOL
   case `$DLLTOOL --help 2>&1` in
@@ -3565,7 +3571,7 @@
 [AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])dnl
 LIBM=
 case $host in
-*-*-beos* | *-*-cegcc* | *-*-cygwin* | *-*-haiku* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-darwin*)
+*-*-beos* | *-*-cegcc* | *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* | *-*-haiku* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-darwin*)
   # These system don't have libm, or don't need it
   ;;
 *-ncr-sysv4.3*)
@@ -3640,7 +3646,7 @@
 aix*)
   symcode='[[BCDT]]'
   ;;
-cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
   symcode='[[ABCDGISTW]]'
   ;;
 hpux*)
@@ -3908,7 +3914,7 @@
     beos* | irix5* | irix6* | nonstopux* | osf3* | osf4* | osf5*)
       # PIC is the default for these OSes.
       ;;
-    mingw* | cygwin* | os2* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+    mingw* | cygwin* | msys* | os2* | pw32* | cegcc*)
       # This hack is so that the source file can tell whether it is being
       # built for inclusion in a dll (and should export symbols for example).
       # Although the cygwin gcc ignores -fPIC, still need this for old-style
@@ -3979,7 +3985,7 @@
 	  ;;
 	esac
 	;;
-      mingw* | cygwin* | os2* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+      mingw* | cygwin* | msys* | os2* | pw32* | cegcc*)
 	# This hack is so that the source file can tell whether it is being
 	# built for inclusion in a dll (and should export symbols for example).
 	m4_if([$1], [GCJ], [],
@@ -4226,7 +4232,7 @@
       # PIC is the default for these OSes.
       ;;
 
-    mingw* | cygwin* | pw32* | os2* | cegcc*)
+    mingw* | cygwin* | msys* | pw32* | os2* | cegcc*)
       # This hack is so that the source file can tell whether it is being
       # built for inclusion in a dll (and should export symbols for example).
       # Although the cygwin gcc ignores -fPIC, still need this for old-style
@@ -4311,7 +4317,7 @@
       fi
       ;;
 
-    mingw* | cygwin* | pw32* | os2* | cegcc*)
+    mingw* | cygwin* | msys* | pw32* | os2* | cegcc*)
       # This hack is so that the source file can tell whether it is being
       # built for inclusion in a dll (and should export symbols for example).
       m4_if([$1], [GCJ], [],
@@ -4571,7 +4577,7 @@
   pw32*)
     _LT_TAGVAR(export_symbols_cmds, $1)="$ltdll_cmds"
     ;;
-  cygwin* | mingw* | cegcc*)
+  cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | cegcc*)
     case $cc_basename in
     cl*)
       _LT_TAGVAR(exclude_expsyms, $1)='_NULL_IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR|_IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR_.*'
@@ -4629,7 +4635,7 @@
   extract_expsyms_cmds=
 
   case $host_os in
-  cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+  cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
     # FIXME: the MSVC++ port hasn't been tested in a loooong time
     # When not using gcc, we currently assume that we are using
     # Microsoft Visual C++.
@@ -4744,7 +4750,7 @@
       fi
       ;;
 
-    cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+    cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
       # _LT_TAGVAR(hardcode_libdir_flag_spec, $1) is actually meaningless,
       # as there is no search path for DLLs.
       _LT_TAGVAR(hardcode_libdir_flag_spec, $1)='-L$libdir'
@@ -5117,7 +5123,7 @@
       _LT_TAGVAR(export_dynamic_flag_spec, $1)=-rdynamic
       ;;
 
-    cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+    cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
       # When not using gcc, we currently assume that we are using
       # Microsoft Visual C++.
       # hardcode_libdir_flag_spec is actually meaningless, as there is
@@ -6118,7 +6124,7 @@
         esac
         ;;
 
-      cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
+      cygwin* | msys* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
 	case $GXX,$cc_basename in
 	,cl* | no,cl*)
 	  # Native MSVC
@@ -7934,7 +7940,7 @@
       *-*-mingw* ) # actually msys
         lt_cv_to_host_file_cmd=func_convert_file_msys_to_w32
         ;;
-      *-*-cygwin* )
+      *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* )
         lt_cv_to_host_file_cmd=func_convert_file_cygwin_to_w32
         ;;
       * ) # otherwise, assume *nix
@@ -7942,12 +7948,12 @@
         ;;
     esac
     ;;
-  *-*-cygwin* )
+  *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* )
     case $build in
       *-*-mingw* ) # actually msys
         lt_cv_to_host_file_cmd=func_convert_file_msys_to_cygwin
         ;;
-      *-*-cygwin* )
+      *-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* )
         lt_cv_to_host_file_cmd=func_convert_file_noop
         ;;
       * ) # otherwise, assume *nix
diff -Naur libxml2-2.9.1-orig/m4/ltoptions.m4 libxml2-2.9.1/m4/ltoptions.m4
--- libxml2-2.9.1-orig/m4/ltoptions.m4	2013-04-19 07:36:08.000000000 +0000
+++ libxml2-2.9.1/m4/ltoptions.m4	2013-04-29 06:20:04.493796900 +0000
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 [enable_win32_dll=yes
 
 case $host in
-*-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-cegcc*)
+*-*-cygwin* | *-*-msys* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-cegcc*)
   AC_CHECK_TOOL(AS, as, false)
   AC_CHECK_TOOL(DLLTOOL, dlltool, false)
   AC_CHECK_TOOL(OBJDUMP, objdump, false)