diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
index 3c7819c0a44..c85f194ce59 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ makedepends="readline-devel>=6.3 libcap-ng-devel libnl3-devel attr-devel
  libpciaccess-devel avahi-libs-devel polkit-devel yajl-devel
  python-devel libssh2-devel libcap-ng-devel fuse-devel"
 
-if [ "$XBPS_MACHINE" = "i686" -o "$XBPS_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" --with-xen"
 	makedepends+=" libnuma-devel xen-devel"
+elif [ "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" = "i686" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" --without-xen"
+	makedepends+=" libnuma-devel"
 else
 	configure_args+=" --without-xen"
 fi