diff --git a/llvm-build/build.py b/llvm-build/build.py
index d8c72488c7c4f3e5f232b3ab627a1cfd36eb37dc..6c23c8f8add16f0584c7d1c9d352ef6cb19bf8d5 100755
--- a/llvm-build/build.py
+++ b/llvm-build/build.py
@@ -692,14 +692,14 @@ class BuildUtils(object):
         return ncurses_libs
 
     def get_libxml2_version(self):
-        version_file = os.path.join(self.build_config.REPOROOT_DIR, 'third_party', 'libxml2', 'libxml2.spec')
+        version_file = os.path.join(self.build_config.REPOROOT_DIR, 'third_party', 'libxml2', 'README.OpenSource')
         if os.path.isfile(version_file):
-            pattern = r'Version:\s+(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)'
+            pattern = r'"Version Number"\s*:\s*"(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)"'
             with open(version_file, 'r') as file:
                 lines = file.readlines()
                 VERSION = ''
                 for line in lines:
-                    if 'Version: ' in line:
+                    if 'Version Number' in line:
                         VERSION = re.search(pattern, line).group(1)
                     if VERSION != '':
                         return VERSION
@@ -2868,6 +2868,19 @@ class LlvmPackage(BuildUtils):
 
             self.check_copy_file(libxml2_src, lib_dst_path)
 
+            find_symbolic_links = lambda target, lib_path: next(
+                (item for item in os.listdir(lib_path)
+                 if os.path.islink(os.path.join(lib_path, item))
+                 and os.readlink(os.path.join(lib_path, item)) == target),
+                None
+            )            
+            libxml2_link = find_symbolic_links('libxml2%s' % shlib_ext, lib_path)
+            if libxml2_link is not None:
+                libxml2_link_dst = os.path.join(lib_dst_path, libxml2_link)
+                if os.path.isfile(libxml2_link_dst):
+                    os.remove(libxml2_link_dst)
+                os.symlink('libxml2%s' % shlib_ext, libxml2_link_dst)
+
     def copy_lzma_to_llvm(self, platform_triple, install_dir):
         self.logger().info('copy_lzma_to_llvm install_dir is %s', install_dir)
 
@@ -3026,7 +3039,7 @@ def main():
 
     build_config.LIBXML2_VERSION = build_utils.get_libxml2_version()
     if build_config.LIBXML2_VERSION is None:
-        raise Exception('LIBXML2 version information not found, please check if the libxml2.spec file exists')
+        raise Exception('LIBXML2 version information not found, please check if the file README.OpenSource exists')
     if build_config.build_libxml2:
         llvm_libs.build_libxml2(build_utils.use_platform(), llvm_make, llvm_install)