diff --git a/tools/Rules.mk b/tools/Rules.mk
index ad6073fcad..883a193f9e 100644
--- a/tools/Rules.mk
+++ b/tools/Rules.mk
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ CFLAGS += -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
 endif
 
 CFLAGS_libxenlight = -I$(XEN_XENLIGHT) $(CFLAGS_libxenctrl) $(CFLAGS_xeninclude)
-SHDEPS_libxenlight = $(SHLIB_libxenctrl) $(SHLIB_libxenstore)
+SHDEPS_libxenlight = $(SHLIB_libxenctrl) $(SHLIB_libxenstore) $(SHLIB_libxenhypfs)
 LDLIBS_libxenlight = $(SHDEPS_libxenlight) $(XEN_XENLIGHT)/libxenlight$(libextension)
 SHLIB_libxenlight  = $(SHDEPS_libxenlight) -Wl,-rpath-link=$(XEN_XENLIGHT)
 
diff --git a/tools/libxl/Makefile b/tools/libxl/Makefile
index 69fcf21577..a89ebab0b4 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/libxl/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LIBUUID_LIBS += -luuid
 endif
 
 LIBXL_LIBS =
-LIBXL_LIBS = $(LDLIBS_libxentoollog) $(LDLIBS_libxenevtchn) $(LDLIBS_libxenctrl) $(LDLIBS_libxenguest) $(LDLIBS_libxenstore) $(LDLIBS_libxentoolcore) $(PTYFUNCS_LIBS) $(LIBUUID_LIBS)
+LIBXL_LIBS = $(LDLIBS_libxentoollog) $(LDLIBS_libxenevtchn) $(LDLIBS_libxenctrl) $(LDLIBS_libxenguest) $(LDLIBS_libxenhypfs) $(LDLIBS_libxenstore) $(LDLIBS_libxentoolcore) $(PTYFUNCS_LIBS) $(LIBUUID_LIBS)
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBNL),y)
 LIBXL_LIBS += $(LIBNL3_LIBS)
 endif
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ CFLAGS_LIBXL += $(CFLAGS_libxentoolcore)
 CFLAGS_LIBXL += $(CFLAGS_libxenevtchn)
 CFLAGS_LIBXL += $(CFLAGS_libxenctrl)
 CFLAGS_LIBXL += $(CFLAGS_libxenguest)
+CFLAGS_LIBXL += $(CFLAGS_libxenhypfs)
 CFLAGS_LIBXL += $(CFLAGS_libxenstore)
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBNL),y)
 CFLAGS_LIBXL += $(LIBNL3_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl.c b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
index f60fd3e4fd..621acc88f3 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -663,15 +663,56 @@ int libxl_set_parameters(libxl_ctx *ctx, char *params)
 {
     int ret;
     GC_INIT(ctx);
+    char *par, *val, *end, *path;
+    xenhypfs_handle *hypfs;
 
-    ret = xc_set_parameters(ctx->xch, params);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        LOGEV(ERROR, ret, "setting parameters");
-        GC_FREE;
-        return ERROR_FAIL;
+    hypfs = xenhypfs_open(ctx->lg, 0);
+    if (!hypfs) {
+        LOGE(ERROR, "opening Xen hypfs");
+        ret = ERROR_FAIL;
+        goto out;
     }
+
+    while (isblank(*params))
+        params++;
+
+    for (par = params; *par; par = end) {
+        end = strchr(par, ' ');
+        if (!end)
+            end = par + strlen(par);
+
+        val = strchr(par, '=');
+        if (val > end)
+            val = NULL;
+        if (!val && !strncmp(par, "no", 2)) {
+            path = libxl__sprintf(gc, "/params/%s", par + 2);
+            path[end - par - 2 + 8] = 0;
+            val = "no";
+            par += 2;
+        } else {
+            path = libxl__sprintf(gc, "/params/%s", par);
+            path[val - par + 8] = 0;
+            val = libxl__strndup(gc, val + 1, end - val - 1);
+        }
+
+	LOG(DEBUG, "setting node \"%s\" to value \"%s\"", path, val);
+        ret = xenhypfs_write(hypfs, path, val);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            LOGE(ERROR, "setting parameters");
+            ret = ERROR_FAIL;
+            goto out;
+        }
+
+        while (isblank(*end))
+            end++;
+    }
+
+    ret = 0;
+
+out:
+    xenhypfs_close(hypfs);
     GC_FREE;
-    return 0;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static int fd_set_flags(libxl_ctx *ctx, int fd,
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h b/tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h
index e5effd2ad1..b85b771659 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #define XC_WANT_COMPAT_MAP_FOREIGN_API
 #include <xenctrl.h>
 #include <xenguest.h>
+#include <xenhypfs.h>
 #include <xc_dom.h>
 
 #include <xen-tools/libs.h>
diff --git a/tools/libxl/xenlight.pc.in b/tools/libxl/xenlight.pc.in
index c0f769fd20..6b351ba096 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xenlight.pc.in
+++ b/tools/libxl/xenlight.pc.in
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ Description: The Xenlight library for Xen hypervisor
 Version: @@version@@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
 Libs: @@libsflag@@${libdir} -lxenlight
-Requires.private: xentoollog,xenevtchn,xencontrol,xenguest,xenstore
+Requires.private: xentoollog,xenevtchn,xencontrol,xenguest,xenstore,xenhypfs
diff --git a/tools/xl/xl_misc.c b/tools/xl/xl_misc.c
index 20ed605f4f..08f0fb6dc9 100644
--- a/tools/xl/xl_misc.c
+++ b/tools/xl/xl_misc.c
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ int main_set_parameters(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (libxl_set_parameters(ctx, params)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "cannot set parameters: %s\n", params);
-        fprintf(stderr, "Use \"xl dmesg\" to look for possible reason.\n");
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
