diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index 1117a9d..a36b0d7 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr  4 15:26:41 UTC 2016 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- Force LIBXL_API_VERSION=0x040500 to fix build with xen-4.7
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar 18 20:13:41 UTC 2016 - jfehlig@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 1036327..4400d1b 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -1153,6 +1153,7 @@ Wireshark dissector plugin for better analysis of libvirt RPC traffic.
 
 autoreconf -f -i
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
+export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DLIBXL_API_VERSION=0x040500"
 %configure --disable-static --with-pic \
            %{?_without_xen} \
            %{?_without_qemu} \