diff --git a/package/network/utils/iptables/patches/050-optional-xml.patch b/package/network/utils/iptables/patches/050-optional-xml.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11311ddb47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/network/utils/iptables/patches/050-optional-xml.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/iptables/xtables-multi.c
++++ b/iptables/xtables-multi.c
+@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ static const struct subcommand multi_sub
+ 	{"iptables-restore",    iptables_restore_main},
+ 	{"restore4",            iptables_restore_main},
+ #endif
++#ifdef ENABLE_XML
+ 	{"iptables-xml",        iptables_xml_main},
+ 	{"xml",                 iptables_xml_main},
++#endif
+ #ifdef ENABLE_IPV6
+ 	{"ip6tables",           ip6tables_main},
+ 	{"main6",               ip6tables_main},