diff --git a/tools/ocaml/libs/xl/xl_stubs.c b/tools/ocaml/libs/xl/xl_stubs.c
index 33302b7fd9..3f7420f1bb 100644
--- a/tools/ocaml/libs/xl/xl_stubs.c
+++ b/tools/ocaml/libs/xl/xl_stubs.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ value stub_xl_pci_remove(value info, value domid)
 	device_pci_val(&gc, &c_info, info);
 
 	INIT_CTX();
-	ret = libxl_device_pci_remove(&ctx, Int_val(domid), &c_info);
+	ret = libxl_device_pci_remove(&ctx, Int_val(domid), &c_info, 0);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		failwith_xl("pci_remove", &lg);
 	FREE_CTX();
diff --git a/tools/python/xen/lowlevel/xl/xl.c b/tools/python/xen/lowlevel/xl/xl.c
index a0d5a06eb8..6ac2cc42ff 100644
--- a/tools/python/xen/lowlevel/xl/xl.c
+++ b/tools/python/xen/lowlevel/xl/xl.c
@@ -441,15 +441,16 @@ static PyObject *pyxl_pci_del(XlObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
     Py_device_pci *pci;
     PyObject *obj;
-    int domid;
-    if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iO", &domid, &obj) )
+    int domid, force = 0;
+
+    if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iO|i", &domid, &obj, &force) )
         return NULL;
     if ( !Pydevice_pci_Check(obj) ) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Xxpected xl.device_pci");
         return NULL;
     }
     pci = (Py_device_pci *)obj;
-    if ( libxl_device_pci_remove(&self->ctx, domid, &pci->obj) ) {
+    if ( libxl_device_pci_remove(&self->ctx, domid, &pci->obj, force) ) {
         PyErr_SetString(xl_error_obj, "cannot remove pci device");
         return NULL;
     }