diff --git a/examples/MODULE.bazel b/examples/MODULE.bazel
index 3ec8e2b..843c5d5 100644
--- a/examples/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/examples/MODULE.bazel
@@ -43,3 +43,11 @@ http_archive(
     strip_prefix = "curl-7.84.0",
     url = "https://curl.se/download/curl-7.84.0.tar.gz",
 )
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "libxml2",
+    build_file = "@gazelle-foreign-cc//:external_repo_buildfile.BUILD",
+    integrity = "sha256-dPwWMhejlkJX0745r5Q+CIYSY8QjH571tJa29tTHsrY=",
+    strip_prefix = "libxml2-2.13.5",
+    url = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml2/2.13/libxml2-2.13.5.tar.xz",
+)
diff --git a/examples/thirdparty/libxml2/BUILD b/examples/thirdparty/libxml2/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19d8a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/thirdparty/libxml2/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# gazelle:cmake_source @libxml2
+# gazelle:cmake_define BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF
+# gazelle:cmake_define LIBXML2_WITH_ICONV OFF
+# gazelle:cmake_define LIBXML2_WITH_ICU OFF
+# gazelle:cmake_define LIBXML2_WITH_LZMA OFF
+# gazelle:cmake_define LIBXML2_WITH_PYTHON OFF
+# gazelle:cmake_define LIBXML2_WITH_TESTS OFF
+# gazelle:cmake_define LIBXML2_WITH_ZLIB OFF