diff --git a/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-bsp/boot-wrapper-aaarch64/boot-wrapper-aarch64_%.bbappend b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-bsp/boot-wrapper-aaarch64/boot-wrapper-aarch64_%.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4b97e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-bsp/boot-wrapper-aaarch64/boot-wrapper-aarch64_%.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Use OVERRIDES to minimize the usage of
+# ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', ...
+OVERRIDES:append = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', ':xen', '', d)}"
+
+# Xen image to put in the image
+# This should point to a file in the deploy image directory
+BOOT_WRAPPER_AARCH64_XEN ??= "xen-${MACHINE}"
+
+# Xen command line for the image
+BOOT_WRAPPER_AARCH64_XEN_CMDLINE ??= "noreboot dom0_mem=256M"
+
+BOOT_WRAPPER_AARCH64_XEN_CMDLINE:gem5-arm64 = "noreboot dom0_mem=256M console=dtuart \
+    dtuart=/uart@1c090000 bootscrub=0"
+
+# Fix command line in the axf file for gem5-arm64 when Xen is present
+BOOT_WRAPPER_AARCH64_CMDLINE_xen:gem5-arm64 = "console=hvc0 root=/dev/vda rw"
+
+# Image generated by boot wrapper when Xen is present
+BOOT_WRAPPER_AARCH64_IMAGE:xen ?= "xen-system.axf"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF:append:xen = " \
+--with-xen=${WORKDIR}/kernel/arch/arm64/boot/Image \
+--with-xen-cmdline="" \
+"
+
+EXTRA_OEMAKE:append:xen = " \
+XEN_IMAGE=${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${BOOT_WRAPPER_AARCH64_XEN} \
+XEN_CMDLINE="${BOOT_WRAPPER_AARCH64_XEN_CMDLINE}" \
+"
+
+# We need xen if it is activated
+do_deploy[depends] += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', 'xen:do_deploy', '', d)}"
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 = " \
+${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES_NATIVE', 'xen', \
+'--param=system.cpu_cluster[0].cpus[0].isa[0].midr=0x410fd030 \
+--param=system.cpu_cluster[0].cpus[0].isa[0].id_aa64isar1_el1=0x0', \
+'', d)}"
diff --git a/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-extended/xen/files/gem5-arm64/early-printk.cfg b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-extended/xen/files/gem5-arm64/early-printk.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e89e546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-extended/xen/files/gem5-arm64/early-printk.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_VEXPRESS=y
diff --git a/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ee4dbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# gem5-arm64 support
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:gem5-arm64 = "gem5-arm64"
+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend:gem5-arm64 := "${THISDIR}/files:"
+SRC_URI:append:gem5-arm64 = " file://early-printk.cfg"
diff --git a/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-%.bbappend b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-%.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ff3fe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-%.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend:gem5-arm64 := "${THISDIR}:"
+
+#
+# virtualization kmeta extra
+#
+SRC_URI:append:gem5-arm64 = " file://virtualization-kmeta-extra-gem5;type=kmeta;name=virtualization-kmeta-extra-gem5;destsuffix=virtualization-kmeta-extra-gem5"
+
+# We need to turn off SVE support in the Linux kernel otherwise Xen is stopping
+# Linux kernel with a coredump while trying to access XEN bit of CPACR1 core
+# register.
+LINUX_VIRTUALIZATION_DISABLE_ARM64_SVE:gem5-arm64 = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', \
+                                         'xen', ' features/disable-arm64-sve.scc','',d)}"
+
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append:gem5-arm64 = "${LINUX_VIRTUALIZATION_DISABLE_ARM64_SVE}"
diff --git a/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/virtualization-kmeta-extra-gem5/features/disable-arm64-sve.cfg b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/virtualization-kmeta-extra-gem5/features/disable-arm64-sve.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e87cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/virtualization-kmeta-extra-gem5/features/disable-arm64-sve.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# We need to turn off SVE support in the Linux kernel otherwise Xen is stopping
+# Linux kernel with a coredump while trying to access ZEN bit of CPACR1 core
+# register.
+# CONFIG_ARM64_SVE is not set
diff --git a/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/virtualization-kmeta-extra-gem5/features/disable-arm64-sve.scc b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/virtualization-kmeta-extra-gem5/features/disable-arm64-sve.scc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bc769c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/dynamic-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/virtualization-kmeta-extra-gem5/features/disable-arm64-sve.scc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+define KFEATURE_DESCRIPTION "Disable SVE support"
+
+kconf non-hardware disable-arm64-sve.cfg