diff --git a/META.bigstring.template b/META.bigstring.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc6c18c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/META.bigstring.template
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+xen_linkopts = "-lbigstringaf_stubs_xen"
diff --git a/bigstringaf.opam b/bigstringaf.opam
index 47d75f7..d44bbd2 100644
--- a/bigstringaf.opam
+++ b/bigstringaf.opam
@@ -17,4 +17,7 @@ depends: [
   "alcotest" {test}
   "base-bigarray"
 ]
+depopts: [
+  "mirage-xen-ocaml"
+]
 available: [ ocaml-version >= "4.03.0" ]
diff --git a/lib/jbuild b/lib/jbuild
index 6ba32dc..02df6dc 100644
--- a/lib/jbuild
+++ b/lib/jbuild
@@ -12,3 +12,13 @@
     (javascript_files (runtime.js))
     ))
   ))
+
+(rule (copy# bigstringaf_stubs.c bigstringaf_stubs_xen.c))
+
+(rule
+ (with-stdout-to cflags-xen.sexp
+  (progn
+   (echo "(")
+   (run pkg-config pkg-config --static mirage-xen --cflags)
+   (echo ")")
+   )))