diff --git a/config.tests/xml2/xml2.cpp b/config.tests/xml2/xml2.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..17c3e3ca02524eb45217c4e69cd975ede862ecba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.tests/xml2/xml2.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2018 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
+**
+** This file is part of the QtWebEngine module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:GPL-EXCEPT$
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
+** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
+** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+** General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation with exceptions as appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
+** included in the packaging of this file. Please review the following
+** information to ensure the GNU General Public License requirements will
+** be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html.
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <libxml/xmlversion.h>
+#if defined(LIBXML_CATALOG_ENABLED)
+#error "libxml catalog enabled"
+#endif
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+}
+
diff --git a/config.tests/xml2/xml2.pro b/config.tests/xml2/xml2.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6fad45f2f2a701f089bb87af1364a699c6f3e4b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.tests/xml2/xml2.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SOURCES = xml2.cpp
+CONFIG += link_pkgconfig
+PKGCONFIG += libxml-2.0
diff --git a/configure.json b/configure.json
index ce12b05b627519dcc5bd960364691955ecf5cfbd..d1ae781a619560e729492208419baf1c3ab396e9 100644
--- a/configure.json
+++ b/configure.json
@@ -288,9 +288,14 @@
             "label": "glibc > 2.16",
             "type": "detectGlibc"
         },
-        "webengine-icuuc": {
+        "webengine-libxml2-with-icuuc": {
             "label" : "libxml2 configured with icuuc",
-            "type": "detectIcuuc"
+            "type": "detectLibXml2WithIcuuc"
+        },
+        "webengine-libxml2-without-catalog-support": {
+            "label" : "libxml2 configured without catalog support",
+            "test" : "xml2",
+            "type": "compile"
         },
         "webengine-sanitizer": {
             "label" : "sanitizer support",
@@ -580,7 +585,10 @@
         },
         "webengine-system-libxml2": {
             "label": "libxml2 and libxslt",
-            "condition": "config.unix && libs.webengine-libxml2 && tests.webengine-icuuc",
+            "condition": "config.unix
+                         && libs.webengine-libxml2
+                         && tests.webengine-libxml2-with-icuuc
+                         && tests.webengine-libxml2-without-catalog-support",
             "output": [ "privateFeature" ]
         },
         "webengine-system-lcms2" : {
diff --git a/configure.pri b/configure.pri
index ecf2ce4d36856c90ea81eb0354fe3fffa8a42c18..db36a7ff7371cd39e32657e4bba07833502e9095 100644
--- a/configure.pri
+++ b/configure.pri
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ defineTest(qtConfTest_embedded) {
     return(false)
 }
 
-defineTest(qtConfTest_detectIcuuc) {
+defineTest(qtConfTest_detectLibXml2WithIcuuc) {
    pkgConfig = $$qtConfPkgConfig()
    !isEmpty(pkgConfig) {
        qtRunLoggedCommand("$$pkgConfig --libs --static libxml-2.0", xmllibs)