diff --git a/reactos/lib/3rdparty/libxml2/libxml2_ros.diff b/reactos/lib/3rdparty/libxml2/libxml2_ros.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..075d66d184d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reactos/lib/3rdparty/libxml2/libxml2_ros.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Index: uri.c
+===================================================================
+--- uri.c	(revision 69017)
++++ uri.c	(working copy)
+@@ -2389,7 +2389,9 @@
+  */
+ #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+     int len = 0;
++#ifndef __REACTOS__
+     int i = 0;
++#endif
+     xmlChar *p = NULL;
+ #endif
+     xmlURIPtr uri;
diff --git a/reactos/lib/3rdparty/libxml2/uri.c b/reactos/lib/3rdparty/libxml2/uri.c
index ff47abbecb1..f568f3a41fd 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/3rdparty/libxml2/uri.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/3rdparty/libxml2/uri.c
@@ -2389,7 +2389,9 @@ xmlCanonicPath(const xmlChar *path)
  */
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
     int len = 0;
+#ifndef __REACTOS__
     int i = 0;
+#endif
     xmlChar *p = NULL;
 #endif
     xmlURIPtr uri;