diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend b/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
index 92348e64..846d2442 100644
--- a/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ XEN_CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK ??= "disable"
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "${@bb.utils.contains('XEN_CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK', 'disable', \
     '', ' CONFIG_DEBUG=y CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=${XEN_CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK}',d)}"
+
+# Make Xen machine specific
+# This ensures that sstate is properly handled and that each machine can have
+# its own configuration
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
+