diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
index cd735147390..ebc52dccec6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ makedepends="readline-devel libcap-ng-devel libnl3-devel attr-devel
 depends="iptables dnsmasq"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	i686*) configure_args+=" --without-xen"; makedepends+=" libnuma-devel";;
-	x86_64*) configure_args+=" --with-xen"; makedepends+=" libnuma-devel xen-devel";;
+	i686*) configure_args+=" --without-xl"; makedepends+=" libnuma-devel";;
+	x86_64*) configure_args+=" --with-xl"; makedepends+=" libnuma-devel xen-devel";;
 	*) configure_args+=" --without-xen";;
 esac
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in