diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e726ecff98..0c6fa0c771 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@
 /src/libvirtd
 /src/libvirtd*.logrotate
 /src/libxl/test_libvirtd_libxl.aug
+/src/libxl/test_virtxend.aug
+/src/libxl/virtxend.aug
+/src/libxl/virtxend.conf
 /src/locking/libxl-lockd.conf
 /src/locking/libxl-sanlock.conf
 /src/locking/lock_daemon_dispatch_stubs.h
@@ -189,6 +192,7 @@
 /src/util/virkeynametable*.h
 /src/virt-aa-helper
 /src/virtinterfaced
+/src/virtxend
 /src/virtlockd
 /src/virtlogd
 /src/virtnetworkd
diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 6f94ccaf32..9615fff19b 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -1765,6 +1765,14 @@ exit 0
 
 %if %{with_libxl}
 %files daemon-driver-libxl
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/virtxend.conf
+%{_datadir}/augeas/lenses/virtxend.aug
+%{_datadir}/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtxend.aug
+%{_unitdir}/virtxend.service
+%{_unitdir}/virtxend.socket
+%{_unitdir}/virtxend-ro.socket
+%{_unitdir}/virtxend-admin.socket
+%attr(0755, root, root) %{_sbindir}/virtxend
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/libxl.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/libvirtd.libxl
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/libxl-lockd.conf
diff --git a/src/libxl/Makefile.inc.am b/src/libxl/Makefile.inc.am
index 467c2720b2..1587404586 100644
--- a/src/libxl/Makefile.inc.am
+++ b/src/libxl/Makefile.inc.am
@@ -65,6 +65,69 @@ libvirt_driver_libxl_impl_la_LIBADD = \
 	$(NULL)
 libvirt_driver_libxl_impl_la_SOURCES = $(LIBXL_DRIVER_SOURCES)
 
+sbin_PROGRAMS += virtxend
+
+nodist_conf_DATA += libxl/virtxend.conf
+augeas_DATA += libxl/virtxend.aug
+augeastest_DATA += libxl/test_virtxend.aug
+CLEANFILES += libxl/virtxend.aug
+
+virtxend_SOURCES = $(REMOTE_DAEMON_SOURCES)
+virtxend_CFLAGS = \
+       $(REMOTE_DAEMON_CFLAGS) \
+       -DDAEMON_NAME="\"virtxend\"" \
+       -DMODULE_NAME="\"libxl\"" \
+       $(NULL)
+virtxend_LDFLAGS = $(REMOTE_DAEMON_LD_FLAGS)
+virtxend_LDADD = $(REMOTE_DAEMON_LD_ADD)
+
+SYSTEMD_UNIT_FILES += \
+	virtxend.service \
+	virtxend.socket \
+	virtxend-ro.socket \
+	virtxend-admin.socket \
+	$(NULL)
+SYSTEMD_UNIT_FILES_IN += \
+	libxl/virtxend.service.in \
+	$(NULL)
+
+VIRTXEND_UNIT_VARS = \
+	$(COMMON_UNIT_VARS) \
+	-e 's|[@]deps[@]|Conflicts=$(LIBVIRTD_SOCKET_UNIT_FILES)\nConditionPathExists=/proc/xen/capabilities|g' \
+	-e 's|[@]name[@]|Libvirt libxl|g' \
+	-e 's|[@]service[@]|virtxend|g' \
+	-e 's|[@]sockprefix[@]|virtxend|g' \
+	$(NULL)
+
+virtxend.service: libxl/virtxend.service.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(SED) $(VIRTXEND_UNIT_VARS) $< > $@-t && mv $@-t $@
+
+virtxen%.socket: remote/libvirt%.socket.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(SED) $(VIRTXEND_UNIT_VARS) $< > $@-t && mv $@-t $@
+
+libxl/virtxend.conf: remote/libvirtd.conf.in
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(SED) \
+		-e '/[@]CUT_ENABLE_IP[@]/,/[@]END[@]/d' \
+		-e 's/[@]DAEMON_NAME[@]/virtxend/' \
+		$< > $@
+
+libxl/virtxend.aug: remote/libvirtd.aug.in
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(SED) \
+		-e '/[@]CUT_ENABLE_IP[@]/,/[@]END[@]/d' \
+		-e 's/[@]DAEMON_NAME[@]/virtxend/' \
+		-e 's/[@]DAEMON_NAME_UC[@]/Virtxend/' \
+		$< > $@
+
+libxl/test_virtxend.aug: remote/test_libvirtd.aug.in \
+		libxl/virtxend.conf $(AUG_GENTEST)
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(AUG_GENTEST) libxl/virtxend.conf \
+		$(srcdir)/remote/test_libvirtd.aug.in | \
+		$(SED) \
+		-e '/[@]CUT_ENABLE_IP[@]/,/[@]END[@]/d' \
+		-e 's/[@]DAEMON_NAME[@]/virtxend/' \
+		-e 's/[@]DAEMON_NAME_UC[@]/Virtxend/' \
+		> $@ || rm -f $@
+
 conf_DATA += libxl/libxl.conf
 augeas_DATA += libxl/libvirtd_libxl.aug
 augeastest_DATA += libxl/test_libvirtd_libxl.aug
diff --git a/src/libxl/virtxend.service.in b/src/libxl/virtxend.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4b6ce6d8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libxl/virtxend.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Virtualization xen daemon
+Conflicts=libvirtd.service
+Requires=virtxend.socket
+Requires=virtxend-ro.socket
+Requires=virtxend-admin.socket
+After=network.target
+After=dbus.service
+After=apparmor.service
+After=local-fs.target
+After=remote-fs.target
+After=xencommons.service
+Conflicts=xendomains.service
+Documentation=man:libvirtd(8)
+Documentation=https://libvirt.org
+ConditionPathExists=/proc/xen/capabilities
+
+[Service]
+Type=notify
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/virtxend --timeout 120
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+Restart=on-failure
+KillMode=process
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+Also=virtxend.socket
+Also=virtxend-ro.socket
+Also=virtxend-admin.socket