diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
index 5cd1da9a87..13cbbde712 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
@@ -2953,7 +2953,7 @@ void acpi_setup(void)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (!pcmc->has_acpi_build) {
+    if (!pcms->acpi_build_enabled) {
         ACPI_BUILD_DPRINTF("ACPI build disabled. Bailing out.\n");
         return;
     }
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index f56ea0f87b..fbd9aed72b 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -2159,6 +2159,8 @@ static void pc_machine_initfn(Object *obj)
     pcms->vmport = ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO;
     /* nvdimm is disabled on default. */
     pcms->acpi_nvdimm_state.is_enabled = false;
+    /* acpi build is enabled by default if machine supports it */
+    pcms->acpi_build_enabled = PC_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(pcms)->has_acpi_build;
 }
 
 static void pc_machine_reset(void)
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 98dc7722c3..8eb517f914 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ struct PCMachineState {
 
     AcpiNVDIMMState acpi_nvdimm_state;
 
+    bool acpi_build_enabled;
+
     /* RAM information (sizes, addresses, configuration): */
     ram_addr_t below_4g_mem_size, above_4g_mem_size;
 
diff --git a/xen-common.c b/xen-common.c
index 909976071c..bacf962841 100644
--- a/xen-common.c
+++ b/xen-common.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "hw/i386/pc.h"
 #include "hw/xen/xen_backend.h"
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
 #include "sysemu/char.h"
@@ -114,6 +115,11 @@ static void xen_change_state_handler(void *opaque, int running,
 
 static int xen_init(MachineState *ms)
 {
+    PCMachineState *pcms = PC_MACHINE(ms);
+
+    /* Disable ACPI build because Xen handles it */
+    pcms->acpi_build_enabled = false;
+
     xen_xc = xc_interface_open(0, 0, 0);
     if (xen_xc == NULL) {
         xen_pv_printf(NULL, 0, "can't open xen interface\n");