gawk 3.1.4 fails when enabling xml support

[Jory A. Pratt]

i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc  -O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer
-ftracer -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe  -export-dynamic -o pgawk  array.o
awkgram.o builtin.o dfa.o ext.o field.o gawkmisc.o getopt.o getopt1.o
io.o main.o msg.o node.o random.o re.o regex.o replace.o version.o
eval_p.o profile_p.o  -ldl -lm 
io.o(.text+0x1c9): In function `iop_close':
: undefined reference to `XML_PullerFree'
io.o(.text+0x2187): In function `iop_alloc':
: undefined reference to `XML_PullerCreate'
io.o(.text+0x21ab): In function `iop_alloc':
: undefined reference to `XML_PullerEnable'
io.o(.text+0x3129): In function `get_a_record':
: undefined reference to `XML_PullerNext'
main.o(.text+0x1434): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `XML_ExpatVersion'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [gawk] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
io.o(.text+0x1c9): In function `iop_close':
: undefined reference to `XML_PullerFree'
io.o(.text+0x2187): In function `iop_alloc':
: undefined reference to `XML_PullerCreate'
io.o(.text+0x21ab): In function `iop_alloc':
: undefined reference to `XML_PullerEnable'
io.o(.text+0x3129): In function `get_a_record':
: undefined reference to `XML_PullerNext'
main.o(.text+0x1434): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `XML_ExpatVersion'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [pgawk] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gawk-3.1.4-r4/work/xmlgawk'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gawk-3.1.4-r4/work/xmlgawk'
make: *** [all] Error 2

This is the info I get hope someone responds with a solution soon alot
of ppl waiting on a fix for this.