diff --git a/make/archives.mk b/make/archives.mk
index 3b860683..a5161ee7 100644
--- a/make/archives.mk
+++ b/make/archives.mk
@@ -264,9 +264,9 @@ LUAPOSIX_VER=31
 $(ARCHIVE)/v$(LUAPOSIX_VER).tar.gz:
 	$(WGET) https://github.com/luaposix/luaposix/archive/v$(LUAPOSIX_VER).tar.gz
 
-EXPAT_VER=2.1.0
-$(ARCHIVE)/expat-$(EXPAT_VER).tar.gz:
-	$(WGET) http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/$(EXPAT_VER)/expat-$(EXPAT_VER).tar.gz
+EXPAT_VER=2.2.6
+$(ARCHIVE)/expat-$(EXPAT_VER).tar.bz2:
+	$(WGET) http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/$(EXPAT_VER)/expat-$(EXPAT_VER).tar.bz2
 
 LUA_EXPAT_VER=1.2.0
 $(ARCHIVE)/luaexpat-$(LUA_EXPAT_VER).tar.gz:
diff --git a/make/system-libs.mk b/make/system-libs.mk
index 9a087b53..b9b3e631 100644
--- a/make/system-libs.mk
+++ b/make/system-libs.mk
@@ -465,15 +465,16 @@ $(D)/libsigc++: $(ARCHIVE)/libsigc++-$(LIBSIGCPP_VER).tar.xz | $(TARGET_DIR)
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-$(D)/expat: $(ARCHIVE)/expat-$(EXPAT_VER).tar.gz | $(TARGET_DIR)
+$(D)/expat: $(ARCHIVE)/expat-$(EXPAT_VER).tar.bz2 | $(TARGET_DIR)
 	$(REMOVE)/expat-$(EXPAT_VER)
-	$(UNTAR)/expat-$(EXPAT_VER).tar.gz
+	$(UNTAR)/expat-$(EXPAT_VER).tar.bz2
 	$(CHDIR)/expat-$(EXPAT_VER); \
 		$(CONFIGURE) \
 			--prefix= \
 			--mandir=/.remove \
 			--enable-shared \
 			--disable-static \
+			--without-xmlwf \
 			; \
 		$(MAKE); \
 		make install DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR)
@@ -484,7 +485,7 @@ $(D)/expat: $(ARCHIVE)/expat-$(EXPAT_VER).tar.gz | $(TARGET_DIR)
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-$(D)/luaexpat: $(ARCHIVE)/luaexpat-$(LUA_EXPAT_VER).tar.gz $(D)/expat | $(TARGET_DIR)
+$(D)/luaexpat: $(ARCHIVE)/luaexpat-$(LUA_EXPAT_VER).tar.gz $(D)/expat $(D)/lua | $(TARGET_DIR)
 	$(REMOVE)/luaexpat-$(LUA_EXPAT_VER)
 	$(UNTAR)/luaexpat-$(LUA_EXPAT_VER).tar.gz
 	$(CHDIR)/luaexpat-$(LUA_EXPAT_VER); \