diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index f4a08cc23f..fd17ce7a94 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -1315,6 +1315,9 @@ void pc_basic_device_init(struct PCMachineState *pcms,
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_EMU
     if (xen_mode == XEN_EMULATE) {
         xen_evtchn_connect_gsis(gsi);
+        if (pcms->bus) {
+            pci_create_simple(pcms->bus, -1, "xen-platform");
+        }
     }
 #endif