diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/default.nix
index ce799242e12e..d898daad2a77 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 let
 
-  version = "4.0.3";
+  version = "4.1.2";
 
   libDir = if stdenv.is64bit then "lib64" else "lib";
 
@@ -30,23 +30,24 @@ let
       }
     ];
 
-in 
+  ipxeSrc =
+      { url = http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-extfiles/ipxe-git-v1.0.0.tar.gz;
+        sha256 = "d3128bfda9a1542049c278755f85bbcbb8441da7bfd702d511ce237fcf86a723";
+      };
+in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "xen-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/${version}/xen-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0p4i7mm8cdsr8i9z3dij6nriyvz6la2rhm7jkyk2n8h62nnxi1b5";
+    sha256 = "7d9c93057cf480d3f1efa792b19285a84fa3c06060ea5c5c453be00887389b0d";
   };
 
   patches =
     [ # Xen looks for headers in /usr/include and for libraries using
       # ldconfig.  Don't do that.
       ./has-header.patch
-
-      # GCC 4.5 compatibility.
-      ./gcc-4.5.patch
     ];
 
   buildInputs =
@@ -102,12 +103,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         --replace 'XENDOM_CONFIG=/etc/sysconfig/xendomains' "" \
         --replace /bin/ls ls
 
+      grep -rl /etc/xen * | xargs sed -i 's|/etc/xen|$out/etc/xen|g'
+
       # Xen's stubdoms need various sources that it usually fetches at
       # build time using wget.  We can't have that.
       ${flip concatMapStrings stubdomSrcs (x: let src = fetchurl x; in ''
         cp ${src} stubdom/${src.name}
       '')}
 
+      ${let src = fetchurl ipxeSrc; in ''
+        cp ${src} tools/firmware/etherboot/ipxe.tar.gz
+      ''}
+
       # Hack to get `gcc -m32' to work without having 32-bit Glibc headers.
       mkdir -p tools/include/gnu
       touch tools/include/gnu/stubs-32.h
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/gcc-4.5.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/gcc-4.5.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a8412d69fd3f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/gcc-4.5.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-07/msg01276.html
-
-diff -ru -x '*~' xen-4.0.1-orig//extras/mini-os/arch/x86/mm.c xen-4.0.1//extras/mini-os/arch/x86/mm.c
---- xen-4.0.1-orig//extras/mini-os/arch/x86/mm.c	2010-08-25 12:22:07.000000000 +0200
-+++ xen-4.0.1//extras/mini-os/arch/x86/mm.c	2010-12-22 20:10:05.000000000 +0100
-@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
- /*
-  * Mark portion of the address space read only.
-  */
--extern void shared_info;
-+extern char shared_info[PAGE_SIZE]; 
- static void set_readonly(void *text, void *etext)
- {
-     unsigned long start_address =
-diff -ru -x '*~' xen-4.0.1-orig//extras/mini-os/minios.mk xen-4.0.1//extras/mini-os/minios.mk
---- xen-4.0.1-orig//extras/mini-os/minios.mk	2010-08-25 12:22:07.000000000 +0200
-+++ xen-4.0.1//extras/mini-os/minios.mk	2010-12-22 20:03:11.000000000 +0100
-@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
- DEF_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,$(CC),-fno-stack-protector,)
- DEF_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,$(CC),-fgnu89-inline)
- DEF_CFLAGS += -Wstrict-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -Winline
-+DEF_CFLAGS += -Wno-uninitialized
- DEF_CPPFLAGS += -D__XEN_INTERFACE_VERSION__=$(XEN_INTERFACE_VERSION)
- 
- DEF_ASFLAGS += -D__ASSEMBLY__
-diff -ru -x '*~' xen-4.0.1-orig//extras/mini-os/netfront.c xen-4.0.1//extras/mini-os/netfront.c
---- xen-4.0.1-orig//extras/mini-os/netfront.c	2010-08-25 12:22:07.000000000 +0200
-+++ xen-4.0.1//extras/mini-os/netfront.c	2010-12-22 19:56:59.000000000 +0100
-@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
- 
- 
- 
--#define NET_TX_RING_SIZE __RING_SIZE((struct netif_tx_sring *)0, PAGE_SIZE)
--#define NET_RX_RING_SIZE __RING_SIZE((struct netif_rx_sring *)0, PAGE_SIZE)
-+#define NET_TX_RING_SIZE __CONST_RING_SIZE(netif_tx, PAGE_SIZE)
-+#define NET_RX_RING_SIZE __CONST_RING_SIZE(netif_rx, PAGE_SIZE)
- #define GRANT_INVALID_REF 0
- 
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4c3c028c341d..4f8cc2d3694f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5670,6 +5670,12 @@ let
       ];
   };
 
+  linux_3_2_xen = linux_3_2.override {
+    extraConfig = ''
+      XEN_DOM0 y
+    '';
+  };
+
   linux_3_3 = makeOverridable (import ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.3.nix) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl mktemp module_init_tools ubootChooser;
     kernelPatches =
@@ -5808,6 +5814,7 @@ let
   linuxPackages_3_0 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor linux_3_0 pkgs.linuxPackages_3_0);
   linuxPackages_3_1 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor linux_3_1 pkgs.linuxPackages_3_1);
   linuxPackages_3_2 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_2 pkgs.linuxPackages_3_2);
+  linuxPackages_3_2_xen = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_2_xen pkgs.linuxPackages_3_2_xen);
   linuxPackages_3_3 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_3 pkgs.linuxPackages_3_3);
   linuxPackages_3_4 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_4 pkgs.linuxPackages_3_4);