diff --git a/qemu.changes b/qemu.changes
index 53e23882..9c3d919d 100644
--- a/qemu.changes
+++ b/qemu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug 17 13:43:13 UTC 2013 - afaerber@suse.de
+
+- Enable Xen support to allow testing our QEMU in place of Xen's
+  This prepares for consolidating QEMU packaging further.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Aug 17 12:12:57 UTC 2013 - afaerber@suse.de
 
diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index b6f10c8d..bcf20302 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ BuildRequires:  python
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
 BuildRequires:  vte2-devel
 %endif
+%ifarch %ix86 x86_64
+BuildRequires:  xen-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1140
 %ifarch %ix86 x86_64
@@ -250,6 +253,9 @@ This sub-package contains the guest agent.
 	--enable-vnc-sasl \
 	--enable-vnc-tls \
 	--enable-vnc-ws \
+%ifarch %ix86 x86_64
+	--enable-xen \
+%endif
 
 make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
 
diff --git a/qemu.spec.in b/qemu.spec.in
index e1f17185..c41b3bc7 100644
--- a/qemu.spec.in
+++ b/qemu.spec.in
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ BuildRequires:  python
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
 BuildRequires:  vte2-devel
 %endif
+%ifarch %ix86 x86_64
+BuildRequires:  xen-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1140
 %ifarch %ix86 x86_64
@@ -176,6 +179,9 @@ PATCH_EXEC
 	--enable-vnc-sasl \
 	--enable-vnc-tls \
 	--enable-vnc-ws \
+%ifarch %ix86 x86_64
+	--enable-xen \
+%endif
 
 make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1