diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/acpi/domain_build.c b/xen/arch/arm/acpi/domain_build.c
index bbdc90f92c..ed824c0178 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/acpi/domain_build.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/acpi/domain_build.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  */
 
+#include <xen/compile.h>
 #include <xen/mm.h>
 #include <xen/sched.h>
 #include <xen/acpi.h>
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ static int __init acpi_make_hypervisor_node(const struct kernel_info *kinfo,
                                             struct membank tbl_add[])
 {
     const char compat[] =
-        "xen,xen-"__stringify(XEN_VERSION)"."__stringify(XEN_SUBVERSION)"\0"
+        "xen,xen-" XEN_VERSION_STRING "\0"
         "xen,xen";
     int res;
     /* Convenience alias */
diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c b/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c
index b76a84e8f5..0277790088 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ static int __init make_hypervisor_node(struct domain *d,
                                        int addrcells, int sizecells)
 {
     const char compat[] =
-        "xen,xen-"__stringify(XEN_VERSION)"."__stringify(XEN_SUBVERSION)"\0"
+        "xen,xen-" XEN_VERSION_STRING "\0"
         "xen,xen";
     __be32 *reg, *cells;
     gic_interrupt_t intr;
diff --git a/xen/common/efi/boot.c b/xen/common/efi/boot.c
index a5b2d6ddb8..db0340c8e2 100644
--- a/xen/common/efi/boot.c
+++ b/xen/common/efi/boot.c
@@ -1341,8 +1341,8 @@ efi_start(EFI_HANDLE ImageHandle, EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE *SystemTable)
             efi_console_set_mode();
     }
 
-    PrintStr(L"Xen " __stringify(XEN_VERSION) "." __stringify(XEN_SUBVERSION)
-             XEN_EXTRAVERSION " (c/s " XEN_CHANGESET ") EFI loader\r\n");
+    PrintStr(L"Xen " XEN_VERSION_STRING XEN_EXTRAVERSION
+	     " (c/s " XEN_CHANGESET ") EFI loader\r\n");
 
     efi_arch_relocate_image(0);
 
diff --git a/xen/include/xen/compile.h.in b/xen/include/xen/compile.h.in
index 440ecb25c1..3151d1e7d1 100644
--- a/xen/include/xen/compile.h.in
+++ b/xen/include/xen/compile.h.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #define XEN_VERSION		@@version@@
 #define XEN_SUBVERSION		@@subversion@@
+#define XEN_VERSION_STRING	"@@version@@.@@subversion@@"
 #define XEN_EXTRAVERSION	"@@extraversion@@"
 
 #define XEN_CHANGESET		"@@changeset@@"