diff --git a/UPGRADING b/UPGRADING
index e284abc9709..2107a074725 100644
--- a/UPGRADING
+++ b/UPGRADING
@@ -871,6 +871,9 @@ PHP 8.4 UPGRADE NOTES
     $domain name is empty or too long, and if $variant is not
     INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_UTS46.
 
+- LibXML:
+  . The libxml extension now requires at least libxml2 2.9.4.
+
 - MBString:
   . Unicode data tables have been updated to Unicode 15.1.
 
diff --git a/UPGRADING.INTERNALS b/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
index a23cdcf401c..85b0da4cf00 100644
--- a/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
+++ b/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ PHP 8.4 INTERNALS UPGRADE NOTES
    - M4 macro PHP_EVAL_LIBLINE got a new 3rd argument to override the ext_shared
      checks.
    - M4 macro PHP_SETUP_LIBXML doesn't define the redundant HAVE_LIBXML symbol
-     anymore.
+     anymore and requires at least libxml2 2.9.4.
    - M4 macro PHP_SETUP_ICONV doesn't define the HAVE_ICONV symbol anymore.
    - M4 macro PHP_OUTPUT is obsolete (use AC_CONFIG_FILES).
    - M4 macro PHP_PROG_SETUP now accepts an argument to set the minimum required
diff --git a/build/php.m4 b/build/php.m4
index 4c4ba44708b..442779ba734 100644
--- a/build/php.m4
+++ b/build/php.m4
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ dnl
 dnl Common setup macro for libxml.
 dnl
 AC_DEFUN([PHP_SETUP_LIBXML], [
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBXML], [libxml-2.0 >= 2.9.0])
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBXML], [libxml-2.0 >= 2.9.4])
   PHP_EVAL_INCLINE([$LIBXML_CFLAGS])
   PHP_EVAL_LIBLINE([$LIBXML_LIBS], [$1])
   $2
diff --git a/ext/libxml/config.w32 b/ext/libxml/config.w32
index 416ae1f1366..d836f0efcba 100644
--- a/ext/libxml/config.w32
+++ b/ext/libxml/config.w32
@@ -9,13 +9,19 @@ if (PHP_LIBXML == "yes") {
 			CHECK_HEADER_ADD_INCLUDE("libxml/tree.h", "CFLAGS_LIBXML", PHP_PHP_BUILD + "\\include\\libxml2") &&
 			ADD_EXTENSION_DEP('libxml', 'iconv')) {
 
-		EXTENSION("libxml", "libxml.c mime_sniff.c", false /* never shared */, "/DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1");
-		AC_DEFINE("HAVE_LIBXML", 1, "Define to 1 if the PHP extension 'libxml' is available.");
-		ADD_FLAG("CFLAGS_LIBXML", "/D LIBXML_STATIC /D LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL /D HAVE_WIN32_THREADS ");
-		if (!PHP_LIBXML_SHARED) {
-			ADD_DEF_FILE("ext\\libxml\\php_libxml2.def");
+		if (GREP_HEADER("libxml/xmlversion.h", "#define\\s+LIBXML_VERSION\\s+(\\d+)", PHP_PHP_BUILD + "\\include\\libxml2") &&
+				+RegExp.$1 >= 20904) {
+
+			EXTENSION("libxml", "libxml.c mime_sniff.c", false /* never shared */, "/DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1");
+			AC_DEFINE("HAVE_LIBXML", 1, "Define to 1 if the PHP extension 'libxml' is available.");
+			ADD_FLAG("CFLAGS_LIBXML", "/D LIBXML_STATIC /D LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL /D HAVE_WIN32_THREADS ");
+			if (!PHP_LIBXML_SHARED) {
+				ADD_DEF_FILE("ext\\libxml\\php_libxml2.def");
+			}
+			PHP_INSTALL_HEADERS("ext/libxml", "php_libxml.h");
+		} else {
+			WARNING("libxml support can't be enabled, libxml version >= 2.9.4 required");
 		}
-		PHP_INSTALL_HEADERS("ext/libxml", "php_libxml.h");
 	} else {
 		WARNING("libxml support can't be enabled, iconv or libxml are missing")
 		PHP_LIBXML = "no"