diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 992951c107..a316a01b15 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-pmem-pci.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-mem-pci.h"
+#include "hw/i386/kvm/xen_overlay.h"
 #include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
 #include "sysemu/replay.h"
 #include "target/i386/cpu.h"
@@ -1846,6 +1847,16 @@ static void pc_machine_initfn(Object *obj)
     cxl_machine_init(obj, &pcms->cxl_devices_state);
 }
 
+int pc_machine_kvm_type(MachineState *machine, const char *kvm_type)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_EMU
+    if (xen_mode == XEN_EMULATE) {
+        xen_overlay_create();
+    }
+#endif
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static void pc_machine_reset(MachineState *machine, ShutdownCause reason)
 {
     CPUState *cs;
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 66e3d059ef..467311007e 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -291,12 +291,15 @@ extern const size_t pc_compat_1_5_len;
 extern GlobalProperty pc_compat_1_4[];
 extern const size_t pc_compat_1_4_len;
 
+int pc_machine_kvm_type(MachineState *machine, const char *vm_type);
+
 #define DEFINE_PC_MACHINE(suffix, namestr, initfn, optsfn) \
     static void pc_machine_##suffix##_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data) \
     { \
         MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_CLASS(oc); \
         optsfn(mc); \
         mc->init = initfn; \
+        mc->kvm_type = pc_machine_kvm_type; \
     } \
     static const TypeInfo pc_machine_type_##suffix = { \
         .name       = namestr TYPE_MACHINE_SUFFIX, \