diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/setup.c b/xen/arch/arm/setup.c
index 049e4491d6..41aa1ddfc1 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/setup.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/setup.c
@@ -753,6 +753,11 @@ void __init start_xen(unsigned long boot_phys_offset,
     /* Parse the ACPI tables for possible boot-time configuration */
     acpi_boot_table_init();
 
+    if ( acpi_disabled )
+        printk("Booting using Device Tree\n");
+    else
+        printk("Booting using ACPI\n");
+
     end_boot_allocator();
 
     vm_init();