diff --git a/recipes-extended/xen/xen.inc b/recipes-extended/xen/xen.inc
index 9e8fcad2..2fbdb3a4 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/xen/xen.inc
+++ b/recipes-extended/xen/xen.inc
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += " \
     --disable-rombios \
     --disable-ocamltools \
     --disable-qemu-traditional \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('XEN_TARGET_ARCH', 'x86_64', '--enable-pvshim', '--disable-pvshim', d)} \
     "
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "STDVGA_ROM=${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/usr/share/firmware/vgabios-0.7a.bin"