diff --git a/samples/widgets/Makefile.in b/samples/widgets/Makefile.in
index b080ed13a2..de98033a81 100644
--- a/samples/widgets/Makefile.in
+++ b/samples/widgets/Makefile.in
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ TOOLKIT_LOWERCASE = @TOOLKIT_LOWERCASE@
 TOOLKIT_VERSION = @TOOLKIT_VERSION@
 TOOLCHAIN_FULLNAME = @TOOLCHAIN_FULLNAME@
 EXTRALIBS = @EXTRALIBS@
+EXTRALIBS_XML = @EXTRALIBS_XML@
 EXTRALIBS_HTML = @EXTRALIBS_HTML@
 EXTRALIBS_GUI = @EXTRALIBS_GUI@
 EXTRALIBS_SDL = @EXTRALIBS_SDL@
@@ -113,6 +114,9 @@ COND_PLATFORM_OS2_1___widgets___os2_emxbindcmd = $(NM) widgets$(EXEEXT) | if \
 @COND_TOOLKIT_COCOA@	widgets.app/Contents/PkgInfo
 @COND_TOOLKIT_MAC@____widgets_BUNDLE_TGT_REF_DEP = \
 @COND_TOOLKIT_MAC@	widgets.app/Contents/PkgInfo
+COND_MONOLITHIC_0___WXLIB_XML_p = \
+	-lwx_base$(WXBASEPORT)$(WXUNICODEFLAG)$(WXDEBUGFLAG)$(WX_LIB_FLAVOUR)_xml-$(WX_RELEASE)$(HOST_SUFFIX)
+@COND_MONOLITHIC_0@__WXLIB_XML_p = $(COND_MONOLITHIC_0___WXLIB_XML_p)
 COND_MONOLITHIC_0___WXLIB_ADV_p = \
 	-lwx_$(PORTNAME)$(WXUNIVNAME)$(WXUNICODEFLAG)$(WXDEBUGFLAG)$(WX_LIB_FLAVOUR)_adv-$(WX_RELEASE)$(HOST_SUFFIX)
 @COND_MONOLITHIC_0@__WXLIB_ADV_p = $(COND_MONOLITHIC_0___WXLIB_ADV_p)
@@ -174,7 +178,7 @@ distclean: clean
 	rm -f config.cache config.log config.status bk-deps bk-make-pch shared-ld-sh Makefile
 
 widgets$(EXEEXT): $(WIDGETS_OBJECTS) $(__widgets___win32rc)
-	$(CXX) -o $@ $(WIDGETS_OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS)   -L$(LIBDIRNAME) $(LDFLAGS_GUI) $(SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG)  $(__WXLIB_ADV_p) $(PLUGIN_ADV_EXTRALIBS) $(__WXLIB_HTML_p) $(EXTRALIBS_HTML) $(__WXLIB_CORE_p)  $(__WXLIB_BASE_p)  $(__WXLIB_MONO_p) $(__LIB_TIFF_p) $(__LIB_JPEG_p) $(__LIB_PNG_p) $(EXTRALIBS_FOR_GUI) $(__LIB_ZLIB_p) $(__LIB_ODBC_p) $(__LIB_REGEX_p) $(__LIB_EXPAT_p) $(EXTRALIBS_FOR_BASE)
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $(WIDGETS_OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS)   -L$(LIBDIRNAME) $(LDFLAGS_GUI) $(SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG)  $(__WXLIB_XML_p) $(EXTRALIBS_XML) $(__WXLIB_ADV_p) $(PLUGIN_ADV_EXTRALIBS) $(__WXLIB_HTML_p) $(EXTRALIBS_HTML) $(__WXLIB_CORE_p)  $(__WXLIB_BASE_p)  $(__WXLIB_MONO_p) $(__LIB_TIFF_p) $(__LIB_JPEG_p) $(__LIB_PNG_p) $(EXTRALIBS_FOR_GUI) $(__LIB_ZLIB_p) $(__LIB_ODBC_p) $(__LIB_REGEX_p) $(__LIB_EXPAT_p) $(EXTRALIBS_FOR_BASE)
 	$(__widgets___mac_rezcmd)
 	$(__widgets___mac_setfilecmd)
 	$(__widgets___os2_emxbindcmd)
diff --git a/samples/widgets/widgets.bkl b/samples/widgets/widgets.bkl
index d28f764131..4399f9f5c1 100644
--- a/samples/widgets/widgets.bkl
+++ b/samples/widgets/widgets.bkl
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
             toggle.cpp
             widgets.cpp
         </sources>
+        <wx-lib>xml</wx-lib>
         <wx-lib>adv</wx-lib>
         <wx-lib>html</wx-lib>
         <wx-lib>core</wx-lib>