diff --git a/chardev/char.c b/chardev/char.c
index e77564060d..c89cae1cd5 100644
--- a/chardev/char.c
+++ b/chardev/char.c
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
 
 #include "chardev/char-mux.h"
 
+#ifdef XBOX
+extern GMainContext *qemu_main_context; /* FIXME: Cleanup */
+#endif
+
 /***********************************************************/
 /* character device */
 
@@ -203,7 +207,17 @@ void qemu_chr_be_update_read_handlers(Chardev *s,
 
     assert(qemu_chr_has_feature(s, QEMU_CHAR_FEATURE_GCONTEXT)
            || !context);
+
+#ifdef XBOX
+    if (context != NULL) {
+#endif
+
     s->gcontext = context;
+
+#ifdef XBOX
+    }
+#endif
+
     if (cc->chr_update_read_handler) {
         cc->chr_update_read_handler(s);
     }
@@ -249,6 +263,12 @@ static void char_init(Object *obj)
     Chardev *chr = CHARDEV(obj);
 
     chr->logfd = -1;
+
+#ifdef XBOX
+    /* Explicitly default to qemu_main_context, not the global context via NULL. */
+    chr->gcontext = qemu_main_context;
+#endif
+
     qemu_mutex_init(&chr->chr_write_lock);
 
     /*
@@ -971,8 +991,17 @@ static Chardev *chardev_new(const char *id, const char *typename,
     obj = object_new(typename);
     chr = CHARDEV(obj);
     chr->label = g_strdup(id);
+
+#ifdef XBOX
+    if (gcontext != NULL) {
+#endif
+
     chr->gcontext = gcontext;
 
+#ifdef XBOX
+    }
+#endif
+
     qemu_char_open(chr, backend, &be_opened, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         goto end;