diff --git a/package/xen/xen.mk b/package/xen/xen.mk
index 89c09f872f..821ab21915 100644
--- a/package/xen/xen.mk
+++ b/package/xen/xen.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ XEN_VERSION = 4.8.1
 XEN_SITE = http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/$(XEN_VERSION)
 XEN_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 XEN_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-XEN_DEPENDENCIES = host-python
+XEN_DEPENDENCIES = host-acpica host-python
 
 # Calculate XEN_ARCH
 ifeq ($(ARCH),aarch64)