diff --git a/grub2.changes b/grub2.changes
index f448844..34b30bc 100644
--- a/grub2.changes
+++ b/grub2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 12 08:57:03 UTC 2019 - mchang@suse.com
+
+- Create compatibility sym-link of grub.xen in the old location to which
+  old VM definition is pointing (boo#1123942)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan 28 14:12:05 UTC 2019 - Guillaume GARDET <guillaume.gardet@opensuse.org>
 
@@ -30,7 +36,6 @@ Wed Jan 23 10:44:09 UTC 2019 - rw@suse.com
   * grub2-efi-xen-chainload.patch (bsc#1122563)
   * grub2-efi-xen-removable.patch (refresh)
 
-
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 20 09:21:27 UTC 2018 - mchang@suse.com
 
diff --git a/grub2.spec b/grub2.spec
index 3bd8e2d..1a38d94 100644
--- a/grub2.spec
+++ b/grub2.spec
@@ -807,6 +807,9 @@ cd ..
 cd build-xen
 %make_install
 install -m 644 grub.xen %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/%{name}/%{grubxenarch}/.
+# provide compatibility sym-link for VM definitions pointing to old location
+install -d %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/%{name}/%{grubxenarch}
+ln -srf %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/%{name}/%{grubxenarch}/grub.xen %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/%{name}/%{grubxenarch}/grub.xen
 cd ..
 %endif
 
@@ -1273,6 +1276,10 @@ fi
 %files %{grubxenarch}
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/%{grubxenarch}
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/%{grubxenarch}/*
+# provide compatibility sym-link for VM definitions pointing to old location
+%dir %{_libdir}/%{name}
+%dir %{_libdir}/%{name}/%{grubxenarch}
+%{_libdir}/%{name}/%{grubxenarch}/grub.xen
 %endif
 
 %if 0%{?has_systemd:1}