diff --git a/packages/e/expat/xmake.lua b/packages/e/expat/xmake.lua
index ae2566884..2cea1dc8c 100644
--- a/packages/e/expat/xmake.lua
+++ b/packages/e/expat/xmake.lua
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ package("expat")
     add_versions("2.2.10", "b2c160f1b60e92da69de8e12333096aeb0c3bf692d41c60794de278af72135a5")
     add_versions("2.2.6", "17b43c2716d521369f82fc2dc70f359860e90fa440bea65b3b85f0b246ea81f2")
 
+    add_configs("char_type", {description = "Character type to use", default = "char", type = "string", values = {"char", "ushort", "wchar_t"}})
+
     add_deps("cmake")
     on_load("windows", function (package)
         if not package:config("shared") then
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ package("expat")
         local configs = {"-DEXPAT_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF", "-DEXPAT_BUILD_TESTS=OFF", "-DEXPAT_BUILD_DOCS=OFF"}
         table.insert(configs, "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=" .. (package:debug() and "Debug" or "Release"))
         table.insert(configs, "-DEXPAT_SHARED_LIBS=" .. (package:config("shared") and "ON" or "OFF"))
+        table.insert(configs, "-DEXPAT_CHAR_TYPE=" .. package:config("char_type"))
         if package:is_plat("windows") then
             table.insert(configs, "-DEXPAT_MSVC_STATIC_CRT=" .. (package:config("vs_runtime"):startswith("MT") and "ON" or "OFF"))
         end
diff --git a/packages/m/minizip/xmake.lua b/packages/m/minizip/xmake.lua
index 14357ee34..974b46b42 100644
--- a/packages/m/minizip/xmake.lua
+++ b/packages/m/minizip/xmake.lua
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ package("minizip")
 
     add_deps("zlib")
 
+    add_includedirs("include", "include/minizip")
+
     on_install(function (package)
         os.cd(path.join("contrib", "minizip"))
         io.writefile("xmake.lua", [[
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ package("minizip")
             target("minizip")
                 set_kind("$(kind)")
                 add_files("zip.c", "unzip.c", "mztools.c", "ioapi.c")
-                add_headerfiles("crypt.h", "zip.h", "unzip.h", "ioapi.h", "mztools.h")
+                add_headerfiles("crypt.h", "zip.h", "unzip.h", "ioapi.h", "mztools.h", {prefixdir = "minizip"})
                 add_packages("zlib")
                 if is_plat("windows") then
                     add_files("iowin32.c")
diff --git a/packages/x/xlsxio/port/xmake.lua b/packages/x/xlsxio/port/xmake.lua
index 29cb919d7..2622af058 100644
--- a/packages/x/xlsxio/port/xmake.lua
+++ b/packages/x/xlsxio/port/xmake.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ option("wide", {showmenu = true,  default = false})
 
 add_rules("mode.debug", "mode.release")
 
-add_requires("expat")
+if has_config("wide") then
+    add_requires("expat", {configs = {char_type = "wchar_t"}})
+else
+    add_requires("expat")
+end
 
 if has_config("libzip") then
     add_requires("libzip")
diff --git a/packages/x/xlsxio/xmake.lua b/packages/x/xlsxio/xmake.lua
index eaed7244b..599a45b39 100644
--- a/packages/x/xlsxio/xmake.lua
+++ b/packages/x/xlsxio/xmake.lua
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ package("xlsxio")
         add_syslinks("pthread")
     end
 
-    add_deps("expat")
-
     on_load(function (package)
         if package:config("libzip") then
             package:add("deps", "libzip")
@@ -26,6 +24,12 @@ package("xlsxio")
         else
             package:add("deps", "minizip")
         end
+
+        if package:config("wide") then
+            package:add("deps", "expat", {configs = {char_type = "wchar_t"}})
+        else
+            package:add("deps", "expat")
+        end
     end)
 
     on_install("windows", "linux", "macosx", "mingw", "cross", function (package)
@@ -41,8 +45,6 @@ package("xlsxio")
         end
         package:add("defines", "BUILD_XLSXIO_" .. (package:config("shared") and "SHARED" or "STATIC"))
 
-        io.replace("lib/xlsxio_read.c", "minizip/", "", {plain = true})
-        io.replace("lib/xlsxio_write.c", "minizip/", "", {plain = true})
         os.cp(path.join(package:scriptdir(), "port", "xmake.lua"), "xmake.lua")
         import("package.tools.xmake").install(package, configs)
     end)