diff --git a/daemon/Makefile.am b/daemon/Makefile.am
index b00fc13bce..b45349c1bd 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemon/Makefile.am
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ if WITH_LXC
     libvirtd_LDADD += ../src/libvirt_driver_lxc.la
 endif
 
+if WITH_XEN
+    libvirtd_LDADD += ../src/libvirt_driver_xen.la
+endif
+
 if WITH_LIBXL
     libvirtd_LDADD += ../src/libvirt_driver_libxl.la
 endif
diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.c b/daemon/libvirtd.c
index 352d4fed15..6973df6461 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.c
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.c
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
 # ifdef WITH_LXC
 #  include "lxc/lxc_driver.h"
 # endif
+# ifdef WITH_XEN
+#  include "xen/xen_driver.h"
+# endif
 # ifdef WITH_LIBXL
 #  include "libxl/libxl_driver.h"
 # endif
@@ -382,6 +385,12 @@ static void daemonInitialize(void)
 # ifdef WITH_NETCF
     virDriverLoadModule("interface");
 # endif
+# ifdef WITH_XEN
+    virDriverLoadModule("xen");
+# endif
+# ifdef WITH_LIBXL
+    virDriverLoadModule("libxl");
+# endif
 # ifdef WITH_QEMU
     virDriverLoadModule("qemu");
 # endif
@@ -391,12 +400,6 @@ static void daemonInitialize(void)
 # ifdef WITH_UML
     virDriverLoadModule("uml");
 # endif
-# ifdef WITH_XEN
-    virDriverLoadModule("xen");
-# endif
-# ifdef WITH_LIBXL
-    virDriverLoadModule("libxl");
-# endif
 #else
 # ifdef WITH_NETWORK
     networkRegister();
@@ -416,6 +419,9 @@ static void daemonInitialize(void)
 # ifdef WITH_NWFILTER
     nwfilterRegister();
 # endif
+# ifdef WITH_XEN
+    xenRegister();
+# endif
 # ifdef WITH_LIBXL
     libxlRegister();
 # endif