diff --git a/third_party/LibXml2/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/LibXml2/CMakeLists.txt
index 2549e5f0..8835658f 100644
--- a/third_party/LibXml2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/LibXml2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ FetchContent_Declare(LibXml2
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2.git
         GIT_TAG ${LIBXML2_TAG}
         EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+        ${fetch_content_args}
 )
 
 option(AFDKO_BUILD_LIBXML2_SHARED_LIB