diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/find-xml-catalogs.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/find-xml-catalogs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b742d5a8ffd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/find-xml-catalogs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+addXMLCatalogs () {
+    local d i
+    # ‘xml/dtd’ and ‘xml/xsl’ are deprecated. Catalogs should be
+    # installed underneath ‘share/xml’.
+    for d in $1/share/xml $1/xml/dtd $1/xml/xsl; do
+        if [ -d $d ]; then
+            for i in $(find $d -name catalog.xml); do
+                XML_CATALOG_FILES+=" $i"
+            done
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+if [ -z "$libxmlHookDone" ]; then
+    libxmlHookDone=1
+
+    # Set up XML_CATALOG_FILES.  An empty initial value prevents
+    # xmllint and xsltproc from looking in /etc/xml/catalog.
+    export XML_CATALOG_FILES
+    if [ -z "$XML_CATALOG_FILES" ]; then XML_CATALOG_FILES=" "; fi
+    envHooks+=(addXMLCatalogs)
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
index 8dfe60f9026d..434b76a09eae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, xz, python ? null, pythonSupport ? true }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, xz, python ? null, pythonSupport ? true, findXMLCatalogs }:
 
 assert pythonSupport -> python != null;
 
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     # RUNPATH for that, leading to undefined references for its users.
     ++ (stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isFreeBSD xz);
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib ];
-
-  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib findXMLCatalogs ];
 
   passthru = { inherit pythonSupport version; };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/setup-hook.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4acdd25a6b28..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/setup-hook.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-addXMLCatalogs () {
-    for kind in dtd xsl; do
-        if test -d $1/xml/$kind; then
-            for i in $(find $1/xml/$kind -name catalog.xml); do
-                export XML_CATALOG_FILES="$XML_CATALOG_FILES $i"
-            done
-        fi
-    done
-}
-
-if test -z "$libxmlHookDone"; then
-    libxmlHookDone=1
-
-    # Set up XML_CATALOG_FILES.  An empty initial value prevents
-    # xmllint and xsltproc from looking in /etc/xml/catalog.
-    export XML_CATALOG_FILES
-    if test -z "$XML_CATALOG_FILES"; then XML_CATALOG_FILES=" "; fi
-    envHooks+=(addXMLCatalogs)
-fi
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bebdfab1b546..c81db70d1b10 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -437,7 +437,10 @@ let
     ../build-support/setup-hooks/make-coverage-analysis-report.sh;
 
   # intended to be used like nix-build -E 'with <nixpkgs> {}; enableDebugging fooPackage'
-  enableDebugging = pkg : pkg.override { stdenv = stdenvAdapters.keepDebugInfo pkg.stdenv; };
+  enableDebugging = pkg: pkg.override { stdenv = stdenvAdapters.keepDebugInfo pkg.stdenv; };
+
+  findXMLCatalogs = makeSetupHook { } ../build-support/setup-hooks/find-xml-catalogs.sh;
+
 
   ### TOOLS