diff --git a/projects/lxml/Dockerfile b/projects/lxml/Dockerfile
index ea1be906f..008e5cf0c 100644
--- a/projects/lxml/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/lxml/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 FROM gcr.io/oss-fuzz-base/base-builder-python
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lxml/lxml
-RUN apt-get install -y libxml2-dev libxslt-dev zlib1g-dev
+RUN apt-get install -y zlib1g-dev
 RUN pip3 install Cython
 
 COPY build.sh $SRC/
diff --git a/projects/lxml/build.sh b/projects/lxml/build.sh
index 04d08a761..c52b8840e 100644
--- a/projects/lxml/build.sh
+++ b/projects/lxml/build.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
+export LIBXML2_VERSION=2.10.3
+export LIBXSLT_VERSION=1.1.37
+export STATIC_DEPS=true
+export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+python3 ./setup.py build --with-cython
 python3 ./setup.py install
 
 # Build fuzzers in $OUT.