diff --git a/0001-common-Update-submodule.patch b/0001-common-Update-submodule.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a2c17e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-common-Update-submodule.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From ef769cb91b54a6d4f1309518d7048b2c46559cc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:08:01 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] common: Update submodule
+
+Pick up this commit required by libxml2 2.12.1:
+
+    mlxml: Include <libxml/parser.h> for xmlReadMemory
+---
+ common | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Submodule common e711121607..6185aa8431:
+diff --git a/common/mlxml/xml-c.c b/common/mlxml/xml-c.c
+index 715c3bb..e024bd8 100644
+--- a/common/mlxml/xml-c.c
++++ b/common/mlxml/xml-c.c
+@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
+ #include <caml/memory.h>
+ #include <caml/mlvalues.h>
+ 
++#include <libxml/parser.h>
+ #include <libxml/xpath.h>
+ #include <libxml/xpathInternals.h>
+ #include <libxml/uri.h>
+-- 
+2.42.0
+
diff --git a/virt-v2v.spec b/virt-v2v.spec
index 57bae9a..c1680c9 100644
--- a/virt-v2v.spec
+++ b/virt-v2v.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 Name:          virt-v2v
 Epoch:         1
 Version:       2.3.6
-Release:       1%{?dist}
+Release:       2%{?dist}
 Summary:       Convert a virtual machine to run on KVM
 
 License:       GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ ExcludeArch:   %{ix86}
 ExclusiveArch: x86_64
 %endif
 
+Patch:         0001-common-Update-submodule.patch
+
 %if 0%{patches_touch_autotools}
 BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, libtool
 %endif
@@ -308,6 +310,9 @@ done
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 27 2023 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:2.3.6-2
+- Fix build for libxml2 2.12.1
+
 * Thu Nov 02 2023 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:2.3.6-1
 - New development branch version 2.3.6