diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index 705559573f..78bcb6bb00 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -4045,6 +4045,8 @@ else
     case "$host_cpu" in
         i[3456]86|x86_64)
            qemu_xen=y;;
+        arm*|aarch64)
+           qemu_xen=y;;
         *) qemu_xen=n;;
     esac
 
diff --git a/tools/configure.ac b/tools/configure.ac
index f44b9f3a7b..4f45418783 100644
--- a/tools/configure.ac
+++ b/tools/configure.ac
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([system-qemu],
     case "$host_cpu" in
         i[[3456]]86|x86_64)
            qemu_xen=y;;
+        arm*|aarch64)
+           qemu_xen=y;;
         *) qemu_xen=n;;
     esac
 ])