diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index b27696aa4f420cb2b0338cd7ab938dcfb378010e..ab59af34f48b2fc73593ea9b85645d73756aeca9 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -560,6 +560,13 @@ ifdef CONFIG_BLUEZ
 LIBS += $(CONFIG_BLUEZ_LIBS)
 endif
 
+# xen backend driver support
+XEN_OBJS := xen_machine_pv.o
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_XEN), yes)
+  OBJS += $(XEN_OBJS)
+  LIBS += $(XEN_LIBS)
+endif
+
 # SCSI layer
 OBJS+= lsi53c895a.o esp.o
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8bf44de8184f2fa86c9bc3165846dbe4689a28bd..ec761ff95c43e793adf65a571f2536315ed88388 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ aix="no"
 blobs="yes"
 fdt="yes"
 sdl_x11="no"
+xen="yes"
 pkgversion=""
 
 # OS specific
@@ -421,6 +422,8 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --disable-kqemu) kqemu="no"
   ;;
+  --disable-xen) xen="no"
+  ;;
   --disable-brlapi) brlapi="no"
   ;;
   --disable-bluez) bluez="no"
@@ -586,6 +589,7 @@ echo "                           Available drivers: $audio_possible_drivers"
 echo "  --audio-card-list=LIST   set list of emulated audio cards [$audio_card_list]"
 echo "                           Available cards: $audio_possible_cards"
 echo "  --enable-mixemu          enable mixer emulation"
+echo "  --disable-xen            disable xen backend driver support"
 echo "  --disable-brlapi         disable BrlAPI"
 echo "  --disable-vnc-tls        disable TLS encryption for VNC server"
 echo "  --disable-vnc-sasl       disable SASL encryption for VNC server"
@@ -801,6 +805,22 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
+##########################################
+# xen probe
+
+if test "$xen" = "yes" ; then
+cat > $TMPC <<EOF
+#include <xenctrl.h>
+#include <xs.h>
+int main(void) { xs_daemon_open; xc_interface_open; }
+EOF
+   if $cc $ARCH_CFLAGS -c -o $TMPO $TMPC -lxenstore -lxenctrl 2> /dev/null ; then
+      :
+   else
+      xen="no"
+   fi
+fi
+
 ##########################################
 # SDL probe
 
@@ -1296,6 +1316,7 @@ if test -n "$sparc_cpu"; then
     echo "Target Sparc Arch $sparc_cpu"
 fi
 echo "kqemu support     $kqemu"
+echo "xen support       $xen"
 echo "brlapi support    $brlapi"
 echo "Documentation     $build_docs"
 [ ! -z "$uname_release" ] && \
@@ -1612,6 +1633,9 @@ if test "$bluez" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_BLUEZ_LIBS=$bluez_libs" >> $config_mak
   echo "#define CONFIG_BLUEZ 1" >> $config_h
 fi
+if test "$xen" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "XEN_LIBS=-lxenstore -lxenctrl" >> $config_mak
+fi
 if test "$aio" = "yes" ; then
   echo "#define CONFIG_AIO 1" >> $config_h
   echo "CONFIG_AIO=yes" >> $config_mak
@@ -1777,6 +1801,11 @@ case "$target_cpu" in
       echo "KVM_CFLAGS=$kvm_cflags" >> $config_mak
       echo "#define CONFIG_KVM 1" >> $config_h
     fi
+    if test "$xen" = "yes" -a "$target_softmmu" = "yes";
+    then
+      echo "CONFIG_XEN=yes" >> $config_mak
+      echo "#define CONFIG_XEN 1" >> $config_h
+    fi
   ;;
   x86_64)
     echo "TARGET_ARCH=x86_64" >> $config_mak
@@ -1793,6 +1822,11 @@ case "$target_cpu" in
       echo "KVM_CFLAGS=$kvm_cflags" >> $config_mak
       echo "#define CONFIG_KVM 1" >> $config_h
     fi
+    if test "$xen" = "yes" -a "$target_softmmu" = "yes"
+    then
+      echo "CONFIG_XEN=yes" >> $config_mak
+      echo "#define CONFIG_XEN 1" >> $config_h
+    fi
   ;;
   alpha)
     echo "TARGET_ARCH=alpha" >> $config_mak
diff --git a/hw/boards.h b/hw/boards.h
index 7fada948e4528dd1cd58759f5ea1c2bb527e6754..5611d2c623ce42bd6e41fc82699564632299cf6a 100644
--- a/hw/boards.h
+++ b/hw/boards.h
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ extern QEMUMachine axisdev88_machine;
 extern QEMUMachine pc_machine;
 extern QEMUMachine isapc_machine;
 
+/* xen_machine.c */
+extern QEMUMachine xenpv_machine;
+
 /* ppc.c */
 extern QEMUMachine prep_machine;
 extern QEMUMachine core99_machine;
diff --git a/hw/xen.h b/hw/xen.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3c8da4105d6b471c83eea592ded7b4eac31e4b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/xen.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#ifndef QEMU_HW_XEN_H
+#define QEMU_HW_XEN_H 1
+/*
+ * public xen header
+ *   stuff needed outside xen-*.c, i.e. interfaces to qemu.
+ *   must not depend on any xen headers being present in
+ *   /usr/include/xen, so it can be included unconditionally.
+ */
+
+/* xen-machine.c */
+enum xen_mode {
+    XEN_EMULATE = 0,  // xen emulation, using xenner (default)
+    XEN_CREATE,       // create xen domain
+    XEN_ATTACH        // attach to xen domain created by xend
+};
+
+extern uint32_t xen_domid;
+extern enum xen_mode xen_mode;
+
+#endif /* QEMU_HW_XEN_H */
diff --git a/hw/xen_machine_pv.c b/hw/xen_machine_pv.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f32ba7f46808e339681de078beb7b0b746e64672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/xen_machine_pv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU Xen PV Machine
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Red Hat
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include "hw.h"
+#include "pc.h"
+#include "sysemu.h"
+#include "boards.h"
+#include "xen.h"
+
+uint32_t xen_domid;
+enum xen_mode xen_mode = XEN_EMULATE;
+
+static void xen_init_pv(ram_addr_t ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
+			const char *boot_device,
+			const char *kernel_filename,
+			const char *kernel_cmdline,
+			const char *initrd_filename,
+			const char *cpu_model)
+{
+    CPUState *env;
+
+    /* Initialize a dummy CPU */
+    if (cpu_model == NULL) {
+#ifdef TARGET_X86_64
+        cpu_model = "qemu64";
+#else
+        cpu_model = "qemu32";
+#endif
+    }
+    env = cpu_init(cpu_model);
+    env->halted = 1;
+}
+
+QEMUMachine xenpv_machine = {
+    .name = "xenpv",
+    .desc = "Xen Para-virtualized PC",
+    .init = xen_init_pv,
+    .max_cpus = 1,
+};
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 2738a7a66a1774cda8c98caf7b7f8b0b611895f8..108502e36337ce50ee7b6faa5ae6879bf51be256 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1348,6 +1348,17 @@ Enable KVM full virtualization support. This option is only available
 if KVM support is enabled when compiling.
 ETEXI
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN
+DEF("xen-domid", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_xen_domid,
+    "-xen-domid id   specify xen guest domain id\n")
+DEF("xen-create", 0, QEMU_OPTION_xen_create,
+    "-xen-create     create domain using xen hypercalls, bypassing xend\n"
+    "                warning: should not be used when xend is in use\n")
+DEF("xen-attach", 0, QEMU_OPTION_xen_attach,
+    "-xen-attach     attach to existing xen domain\n"
+    "                xend will use this when starting qemu\n")
+#endif
+
 DEF("no-reboot", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_reboot, \
     "-no-reboot      exit instead of rebooting\n")
 STEXI
diff --git a/target-i386/machine.c b/target-i386/machine.c
index 1cf49d53470114db62dcdcb7fd929af7637aee13..1b0d36d404fda474c4481d0ace40ecb07fff88b3 100644
--- a/target-i386/machine.c
+++ b/target-i386/machine.c
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ void register_machines(void)
 {
     qemu_register_machine(&pc_machine);
     qemu_register_machine(&isapc_machine);
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN
+    qemu_register_machine(&xenpv_machine);
+#endif
 }
 
 static void cpu_put_seg(QEMUFile *f, SegmentCache *dt)
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index f596553656ff324da382aacb85716dab7bb238a2..7b0e0d5fe9531ae3a52fbf8a176d34b95a190c53 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #include "hw/baum.h"
 #include "hw/bt.h"
 #include "hw/smbios.h"
+#include "hw/xen.h"
 #include "bt-host.h"
 #include "net.h"
 #include "monitor.h"
@@ -5045,6 +5046,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             case QEMU_OPTION_runas:
                 run_as = optarg;
                 break;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN
+            case QEMU_OPTION_xen_domid:
+                xen_domid = atoi(optarg);
+                break;
+            case QEMU_OPTION_xen_create:
+                xen_mode = XEN_CREATE;
+                break;
+            case QEMU_OPTION_xen_attach:
+                xen_mode = XEN_ATTACH;
+                break;
 #endif
             }
         }