diff --git a/debian/arch/amd64/defines b/debian/arch/amd64/defines
index d7222009d..9b61b2da6 100644
--- a/debian/arch/amd64/defines
+++ b/debian/arch/amd64/defines
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ flavours:
  em64t-p4-smp
 kernel-arch: x86_64
 kernel-header-dirs: x86_64
-subarches: vserver
+subarches:
+ vserver
+ xen
 
 [image]
 depends: e2fsprogs (>= 1.35-7)
diff --git a/debian/arch/i386/defines b/debian/arch/i386/defines
index 169f4eb8c..cdfe6e3cf 100644
--- a/debian/arch/i386/defines
+++ b/debian/arch/i386/defines
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ flavours:
  k7-smp
 kernel-arch: i386
 kernel-header-dirs: i386
-subarches: vserver
+subarches:
+ vserver
+ xen
 
 [image]
 suggests: grub | lilo (>= 19.1)
diff --git a/debian/arch/i386/xen/config b/debian/arch/i386/xen/config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b081ed1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/arch/i386/xen/config
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# CONFIG_X86_PC is not set
+CONFIG_X86_XEN=y
+CONFIG_XEN_PCIDEV_FRONTEND=y
+# CONFIG_XEN_PCIDEV_FE_DEBUG is not set
+CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST=y
+CONFIG_XEN_PCIDEV_BACKEND=y
+CONFIG_XEN_PCIDEV_BACKEND_VPCI=y
+# CONFIG_XEN_PCIDEV_BACKEND_PASS is not set
+# CONFIG_XEN_PCIDEV_BE_DEBUG is not set
+CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_BACKEND=y
+# CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_TAP_BE is not set
+CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND=y
+# CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_PIPELINED_TRANSMITTER is not set
+# CONFIG_XEN_TPMDEV_BACKEND is not set
+CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND=y
+CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND=y
+# CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_TAP is not set
+# CONFIG_XEN_TPMDEV_FRONTEND is not set
+CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES=y
+CONFIG_XEN_DISABLE_SERIAL=y
+# CONFIG_SMP_ALTERNATIVES is not set
+# CONFIG_PCI_GOXEN_FE is not set