diff --git a/3rdparty/ext_expat/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/ext_expat/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f090a0054..2864d4d842 100644
--- a/3rdparty/ext_expat/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/ext_expat/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,47 +1,47 @@
 SET(PREFIX_ext_expat "${EXTPREFIX}" )
 
 if (WIN32)
 ExternalProject_Add( ext_expat
 	DOWNLOAD_DIR ${EXTERNALS_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
-	URL http://files.kde.org/krita/build/dependencies/expat-2.1.0.tar.gz
-	URL_MD5 dd7dab7a5fea97d2a6a43f511449b7cd
+	URL https://api.github.com/repos/libexpat/libexpat/tarball/R_2_2_9
+	URL_MD5 045c3b3ea0fc55f3565cb117e1669493
 
-	PATCH_COMMAND ${PATCH_COMMAND} -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/expat-2.1.0-20130311.diff
+	PATCH_COMMAND ${PATCH_COMMAND} -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/expat-2.2.9-b9bd355.diff
 	INSTALL_DIR ${PREFIX_ext_expat}
-	CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX_ext_expat} -DBUILD_tests=OFF -DBUILD_examples=OFF -DBUILD_tools=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${GLOBAL_BUILD_TYPE} ${GLOBAL_PROFILE}
+	CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX_ext_expat} -DBUILD_tests=OFF -DBUILD_examples=OFF -DBUILD_tools=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${GLOBAL_BUILD_TYPE} ${GLOBAL_PROFILE} <SOURCE_DIR>/expat
 	UPDATE_COMMAND ""
 
 	DEPENDS ext_patch
 )
 
 elseif (ANDROID)
 ExternalProject_Add( ext_expat
 	DOWNLOAD_DIR ${EXTERNALS_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
-	URL http://files.kde.org/krita/build/dependencies/expat-2.1.0.tar.gz
-	URL_MD5 dd7dab7a5fea97d2a6a43f511449b7cd
+	URL https://api.github.com/repos/libexpat/libexpat/tarball/R_2_2_9
+	URL_MD5 045c3b3ea0fc55f3565cb117e1669493
 
 	INSTALL_DIR ${PREFIX_ext_expat}
-    CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX_ext_expat} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${GLOBAL_BUILD_TYPE} ${GLOBAL_PROFILE}
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX_ext_expat} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${GLOBAL_BUILD_TYPE} ${GLOBAL_PROFILE} <SOURCE_DIR>/expat
 	BUILD_COMMAND make
 	INSTALL_COMMAND make install
 
 	UPDATE_COMMAND ""
 )
 
 else()
 
 ExternalProject_Add( ext_expat
 	DOWNLOAD_DIR ${EXTERNALS_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
-	URL http://files.kde.org/krita/build/dependencies/expat-2.1.0.tar.gz
-	URL_MD5 dd7dab7a5fea97d2a6a43f511449b7cd
+	URL https://api.github.com/repos/libexpat/libexpat/tarball/R_2_2_9
+	URL_MD5 045c3b3ea0fc55f3565cb117e1669493
 
 	INSTALL_DIR ${PREFIX_ext_expat}
-	CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/configure --prefix=${PREFIX_ext_expat}  ${GLOBAL_AUTOMAKE_PROFILE}
+	CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX_ext_expat} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${GLOBAL_BUILD_TYPE} ${GLOBAL_PROFILE} <SOURCE_DIR>/expat
 	BUILD_COMMAND make
 	INSTALL_COMMAND make install
 
 	UPDATE_COMMAND ""
 
 )
 
 endif()
diff --git a/3rdparty/ext_expat/expat-2.2.9-b9bd355.diff b/3rdparty/ext_expat/expat-2.2.9-b9bd355.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8df171b6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/ext_expat/expat-2.2.9-b9bd355.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/expat/lib/libexpat.def b/expat/lib/libexpat.def
+index 16faf59..660448d 100644
+--- a/expat/lib/libexpat.def
++++ b/expat/lib/libexpat.def
+@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
+ ; DEF file for MS VC++
+ 
+-LIBRARY
+ EXPORTS
+   XML_DefaultCurrent @1
+   XML_ErrorString @2
+diff --git a/expat/lib/libexpatw.def b/expat/lib/libexpatw.def
+index 16faf59..660448d 100644
+--- a/expat/lib/libexpatw.def
++++ b/expat/lib/libexpatw.def
+@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
+ ; DEF file for MS VC++
+ 
+-LIBRARY
+ EXPORTS
+   XML_DefaultCurrent @1
+   XML_ErrorString @2