diff --git a/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-aarch64-native_20.bbappend b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-aarch64-native_20.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c38bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-aarch64-native_20.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# When booting gem5-arm64 with Xen we need to set the cpu as Cortex A53 and
+# remove support for pointer authentification
+GEM5_RUN_EXTRA:append = " \
+${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES_NATIVE', 'xen', \
+'--param=system.cpu_cluster[0].cpus[0].isa[0].midr=0x410fd030 \
+--param=system.cpu_cluster[0].cpus[0].isa[0].id_aa64isar1_el1=0x0', \
+'', d)}"