diff --git a/tools/include/Makefile b/tools/include/Makefile
index dec8b3d352..d95d8375ba 100644
--- a/tools/include/Makefile
+++ b/tools/include/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ xen/.dir:
 	ln -sf ../xen-sys/$(XEN_OS) xen/sys
 	ln -sf $(addprefix $(XEN_ROOT)/xen/include/xen/,libelf.h elfstructs.h) xen/libelf/
 	ln -s ../xen-foreign xen/foreign
+	ln -s $(XEN_ROOT)/xen/include/acpi acpi
 	touch $@
 
 # Not xen/xsm as that clashes with link to
diff --git a/tools/libxl/Makefile b/tools/libxl/Makefile
index c4e4117909..dac19ac09b 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/libxl/Makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ dsdt_anycpu_arm.c:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(ACPI_PATH) ACPI_BUILD_DIR=$(CURDIR)
 
 libxl_arm_acpi.o: libxl_arm_acpi.c
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I../../xen/include/ -o $@ libxl_arm_acpi.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o $@ libxl_arm_acpi.c
 else
 LIBXL_OBJS-$(CONFIG_ARM) += libxl_arm_no_acpi.o
 endif