diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++/libxml++_ptest.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++/libxml++_ptest.patch
index 0d1a5186a6..dc6198fe98 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++/libxml++_ptest.patch
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++/libxml++_ptest.patch
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
-Index: libxml++-2.40.1/Makefile.am
-===================================================================
---- libxml++-2.40.1.orig/Makefile.am
-+++ libxml++-2.40.1/Makefile.am
-@@ -24,5 +24,8 @@ dist_noinst_SCRIPTS = autogen.sh
- 
- DISTCLEANFILES = MSVC_Net2010/libxml++/libxml++config.h
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -40,5 +40,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
+   tools/conf_tests/have_exception_ptr.cc \
+   untracked/README
  
 +install-ptest:
 +	make -C examples install-ptest
 +
  # Optional: auto-generate the ChangeLog file from the git log on make dist
  include $(top_srcdir)/build/dist-changelog.am
-Index: libxml++-2.40.1/examples/Makefile.am
-===================================================================
---- libxml++-2.40.1.orig/examples/Makefile.am
-+++ libxml++-2.40.1/examples/Makefile.am
+--- a/examples/Makefile.am
++++ b/examples/Makefile.am
 @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir) -I$(top_
  AM_CXXFLAGS = $(LIBXMLXX_WXXFLAGS)
  LDADD = $(top_builddir)/libxml++/libxml++-$(LIBXMLXX_API_VERSION).la $(LIBXMLXX_LIBS)
@@ -51,10 +47,10 @@ Index: libxml++-2.40.1/examples/Makefile.am
 @@ -154,10 +173,10 @@ dist_noinst_DATA = \
  # file are located in different directories.
  dom_read_write/make_check.sh: Makefile
- 	echo '# Generated and used by "make check"' >$@
--	echo 'dom_read_write/dom_read_write "$(srcdir)/dom_read_write/example.xml" dom_read_write/example_output.xml >/dev/null' >>$@
-+	echo 'cd dom_read_write && .libs/dom_read_write "example.xml" example_output.xml >/dev/null' >>$@
- 	chmod +x $@
+ 	$(AM_V_GEN)echo '# Generated and used by "make check"' >$@
+-	$(AM_V_at)echo 'dom_read_write/dom_read_write "$(srcdir)/dom_read_write/example.xml" dom_read_write/example_output.xml >/dev/null' >>$@
++	$(AM_V_at)echo 'cd dom_read_write && .libs/dom_read_write "example.xml" example_output.xml >/dev/null' >>$@
+ 	$(AM_V_at)chmod +x $@
  
 -script_template = cd "$(srcdir)/<!progname!>" && "$(abs_builddir)/<!progname!>/<!progname!>" >/dev/null
 +script_template = cd "<!progname!>" && ".libs/<!progname!>" >/dev/null
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++_2.40.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++_2.42.1.bb
similarity index 75%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++_2.40.1.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++_2.42.1.bb
index 7e08263ca4..6065333d9a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++_2.40.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++_2.42.1.bb
@@ -11,13 +11,18 @@ SRC_URI = "${GNOME_MIRROR}/${BPN}/${SHRT_VER}/${BP}.tar.xz \
     file://libxml++_ptest.patch \
     file://run-ptest \
 "
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "377a87bea899f2b4ff62df2418c3d8a6"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "4ad4abdd3258874f61c2e2a41d08e9930677976d303653cd1670d3e9f35463e9"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "9b59059abe5545d28ceb388a55e341095f197bd219c73e6623aeb6d801e00be8"
 
-DEPENDS = "libxml2 glibmm"
+DEPENDS = "libxml2 glibmm mm-common-native"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig ptest
 
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-documentation"
+
+do_configure:prepend() {
+    mm-common-prepare --copy --force ${S}
+}
+
 do_compile_ptest() {
   oe_runmake -C examples buildtest
 }