diff --git a/sys-apps/kexec-tools/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/kexec-tools/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+  <herd>kernel-misc</herd>
+  <maintainer>
+    <email>maintainer-needed@gentoo.org</email>
+  </maintainer>
+  <use>
+	  <flag name='xen'>Enable extended xen support</flag>
+  </use>
+</pkgmetadata>