diff --git a/cmd b/cmd
index 5ec126e..6cee265 100755
--- a/cmd
+++ b/cmd
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ configure() {
 # invoke native code and byte code compiler targets
 compile() {
   # build bytecode files and C bindings always
+  make -C runtime/kernel libminios.a
   ${OCAMLBUILD} ${OCAMLBUILD_FLAGS} ${NAME}.all
 }
 
diff --git a/xen/Makefile b/xen/Makefile
index b1cec4c..0ecc17c 100644
--- a/xen/Makefile
+++ b/xen/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 OCAML_VERSION=$(shell readlink runtime/ocaml)
 
-EXTRA=runtime/dietlibc/libdiet.a runtime/libm/libm.a runtime/kernel/libxen.a runtime/kernel/libxencaml.a runtime/$(OCAML_VERSION)/libocaml.a runtime/kernel/x86_64.o runtime/kernel/longjmp.o runtime/kernel/mirage-x86_64.lds
+EXTRA=runtime/dietlibc/libdiet.a runtime/libm/libm.a runtime/kernel/libminios.a runtime/$(OCAML_VERSION)/libocaml.a runtime/kernel/arch/x86/minios-x86_64.lds
 
 OCAMLFIND ?= ocamlfind
 
diff --git a/xen/runtime/kernel/Config.mk b/xen/runtime/kernel/Config.mk
index 4ecde54..6a66304 100644
--- a/xen/runtime/kernel/Config.mk
+++ b/xen/runtime/kernel/Config.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Set mini-os root path, used in mini-os.mk.
-MINI-OS_ROOT=$(XEN_ROOT)/extras/mini-os
-export MINI-OS_ROOT
+
+OBJCOPY    = $(CROSS_COMPILE)objcopy
+
+XEN_COMPILE_ARCH    ?= $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/x86_32/ \
+                         -e s/i86pc/x86_32/ -e s/amd64/x86_64/ \
+                         -e s/armv7.*/arm32/ -e s/armv8.*/arm64/ \
+                         -e s/aarch64/arm64/)
+
+XEN_TARGET_ARCH     ?= $(XEN_COMPILE_ARCH)
 
 libc = $(stubdom)
 
diff --git a/xen/runtime/kernel/Makefile b/xen/runtime/kernel/Makefile
index 0f745ee..5ef70a8 100644
--- a/xen/runtime/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/xen/runtime/kernel/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 # Makefile and a arch.mk.
 #
 
-export XEN_ROOT = $(CURDIR)/../..
-include $(XEN_ROOT)/Config.mk
+MINI-OS_ROOT=$(CURDIR)
+export MINI-OS_ROOT
+
 OBJ_DIR ?= $(CURDIR)
 
 ifeq ($(MINIOS_CONFIG),)
@@ -140,14 +141,6 @@ $(ARCH_LINKS):
 	$(arch_links)
 endif
 
-include/mini-os/list.h: $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/include/xen-external/bsd-sys-queue-h-seddery $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/include/xen-external/bsd-sys-queue.h
-	perl $^ --prefix=minios  >$@.new
-	$(call move-if-changed,$@.new,$@)
-
-.PHONY: links
-links: include/mini-os/list.h $(ARCH_LINKS)
-	[ -e include/xen ] || ln -sf ../../../xen/include/public include/xen
-
 .PHONY: arch_lib
 arch_lib:
 	$(MAKE) --directory=$(TARGET_ARCH_DIR) OBJ_DIR=$(OBJ_DIR)/$(TARGET_ARCH_DIR) || exit 1;
@@ -202,6 +195,9 @@ else
 	gzip -f -9 -c $@ >$@.gz
 endif
 
+libminios.a: $(HEAD_OBJ) $(APP_O) $(OBJS) arch_lib
+	ar rcs $@ $(HEAD_OBJ) $(APP_O) $(OBJS) $(wildcard $(OBJ_DIR)/$(TARGET_ARCH_DIR)/*.o)
+
 .PHONY: clean arch_clean
 
 arch_clean:
@@ -211,9 +207,7 @@ clean:	arch_clean
 	for dir in $(addprefix $(OBJ_DIR)/,$(SUBDIRS)); do \
 		rm -f $$dir/*.o; \
 	done
-	rm -f include/mini-os/list.h
 	rm -f $(OBJ_DIR)/*.o *~ $(OBJ_DIR)/core $(OBJ_DIR)/$(TARGET).elf $(OBJ_DIR)/$(TARGET).raw $(OBJ_DIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJ_DIR)/$(TARGET).gz
-	find . $(OBJ_DIR) -type l | xargs rm -f
 	$(RM) $(OBJ_DIR)/lwip.a $(LWO)
 	rm -f tags TAGS
 
diff --git a/xen/runtime/kernel/_tags b/xen/runtime/kernel/_tags
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d877ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xen/runtime/kernel/_tags
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+true: not_hygienic
diff --git a/xen/runtime/kernel/arch/x86/Makefile b/xen/runtime/kernel/arch/x86/Makefile
index 1073e36..4b4a2b9 100644
--- a/xen/runtime/kernel/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/xen/runtime/kernel/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 # It's is used for x86_32, x86_32y and x86_64
 #
 
-XEN_ROOT = $(CURDIR)/../../../..
-include $(XEN_ROOT)/Config.mk
+MINI-OS_ROOT=$(CURDIR)/../..
+export MINI-OS_ROOT
+
 include ../../Config.mk
 
 # include arch.mk has to be before mini-os.mk!
diff --git a/xen/runtime/kernel/include/xen b/xen/runtime/kernel/include/xen
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..1b23499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xen/runtime/kernel/include/xen
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../include/xen
\ No newline at end of file