diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fe7310030ca..20fff98a95a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -9200,6 +9200,48 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_lib_xml2_xmlNewDocPI" = x""yes; then :
 
 $as_echo "#define HAVE_XMLNEWDOCPI 1" >>confdefs.h
 
+fi
+
+             { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for xmlSchemaSetValidStructuredErrors in -lxml2" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for xmlSchemaSetValidStructuredErrors in -lxml2... " >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_xml2_xmlSchemaSetValidStructuredErrors+set}" = set; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lxml2 $ac_xml_libs $LIBS"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$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 xmlSchemaSetValidStructuredErrors ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+return xmlSchemaSetValidStructuredErrors ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_lib_xml2_xmlSchemaSetValidStructuredErrors=yes
+else
+  ac_cv_lib_xml2_xmlSchemaSetValidStructuredErrors=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_xml2_xmlSchemaSetValidStructuredErrors" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_xml2_xmlSchemaSetValidStructuredErrors" >&6; }
+if test "x$ac_cv_lib_xml2_xmlSchemaSetValidStructuredErrors" = x""yes; then :
+
+$as_echo "#define HAVE_XMLSCHEMASSETVALIDSTRUCTUREDERRORS 1" >>confdefs.h
+
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index eb3285a7793..f38aca46847 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1119,6 +1119,8 @@ then
                 [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XMLREADMEMORY,1,[Define if libxml2 has the xmlReadMemory function])],,$ac_xml_libs)
              AC_CHECK_LIB(xml2, xmlNewDocPI,
                 [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XMLNEWDOCPI,1,[Define if libxml2 has the xmlNewDocPI function])],,$ac_xml_libs)
+             AC_CHECK_LIB(xml2, xmlSchemaSetValidStructuredErrors,
+                [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XMLSCHEMASSETVALIDSTRUCTUREDERRORS,1,[Define if libxml2 has the xmlSchemaSetValidStructuredErrors function])],,$ac_xml_libs)
         ])
     CPPFLAGS="$ac_save_CPPFLAGS"
 fi
diff --git a/include/config.h.in b/include/config.h.in
index 0bb6be2e68c..1c82e75ddf7 100644
--- a/include/config.h.in
+++ b/include/config.h.in
@@ -1111,6 +1111,9 @@
 /* Define if libxml2 has the xmlReadMemory function */
 #undef HAVE_XMLREADMEMORY
 
+/* Define if libxml2 has the xmlSchemaSetValidStructuredErrors function */
+#undef HAVE_XMLSCHEMASSETVALIDSTRUCTUREDERRORS
+
 /* Define if Xrender has the XRenderSetPictureTransform function */
 #undef HAVE_XRENDERSETPICTURETRANSFORM