diff --git a/buildlibxml.py b/buildlibxml.py
index 8b8836521..03c7bbd4a 100644
--- a/buildlibxml.py
+++ b/buildlibxml.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # use pre-built libraries on Windows
 
 def download_and_extract_zlatkovic_binaries(destdir):
-    url = 'ftp://ftp.zlatkovic.com/pub/libxml/'
+    url = 'ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/win32/'
     libs = dict(
         libxml2  = None,
         libxslt  = None,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def download_and_extract_zlatkovic_binaries(destdir):
     for fn in ftp_listdir(url):
         for libname in libs:
             if fn.startswith(libname):
-                assert libs[libname] is None, 'duplicate listings?'
+                #assert libs[libname] is None, 'duplicate listings?'
                 assert fn.endswith('.win32.zip')
                 libs[libname] = fn
 
diff --git a/buildlibxml.py.patch b/buildlibxml.py.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2921e63a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildlibxml.py.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- ../lxml/buildlibxml.py	Tue May 27 12:50:48 2014
++++ ./buildlibxml.py	Tue May 27 14:37:05 2014
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
+ # use pre-built libraries on Windows
+ 
+ def download_and_extract_zlatkovic_binaries(destdir):
+-    url = 'ftp://ftp.zlatkovic.com/pub/libxml/'
++    url = 'ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/win32/'
+     libs = dict(
+         libxml2  = None,
+         libxslt  = None,
+@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
+     for fn in ftp_listdir(url):
+         for libname in libs:
+             if fn.startswith(libname):
+-                assert libs[libname] is None, 'duplicate listings?'
++                #assert libs[libname] is None, 'duplicate listings?'
+                 assert fn.endswith('.win32.zip')
+                 libs[libname] = fn
+ 
diff --git a/buildlibxml.py.rej b/buildlibxml.py.rej
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69953b4cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildlibxml.py.rej
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+***************
+*** 24,30 ****
+  # use pre-built libraries on Windows
+  
+  def download_and_extract_zlatkovic_binaries(destdir):
+-     url = 'ftp://ftp.zlatkovic.com/pub/libxml/'
+      libs = dict(
+          libxml2  = None,
+          libxslt  = None,
+--- 24,30 ----
+  # use pre-built libraries on Windows
+  
+  def download_and_extract_zlatkovic_binaries(destdir):
++     url = 'ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/win32/'
+      libs = dict(
+          libxml2  = None,
+          libxslt  = None,
+***************
+*** 34,40 ****
+      for fn in ftp_listdir(url):
+          for libname in libs:
+              if fn.startswith(libname):
+-                 assert libs[libname] is None, 'duplicate listings?'
+                  assert fn.endswith('.win32.zip')
+                  libs[libname] = fn
+  
+--- 34,40 ----
+      for fn in ftp_listdir(url):
+          for libname in libs:
+              if fn.startswith(libname):
++                 #assert libs[libname] is None, 'duplicate listings?'
+                  assert fn.endswith('.win32.zip')
+                  libs[libname] = fn
+  
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index d47db4fce..2f4b60750 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.4dev
+3.4