diff --git a/stubdom/.gitignore b/stubdom/.gitignore
index 10e2547a22..c6a88467ae 100644
--- a/stubdom/.gitignore
+++ b/stubdom/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+*.out.cfg
 /*.tar.gz
 /*-minios-config.mk
 /autom4te.cache/
diff --git a/stubdom/Makefile b/stubdom/Makefile
index 8c503c2bf8..3b501a0710 100644
--- a/stubdom/Makefile
+++ b/stubdom/Makefile
@@ -340,6 +340,14 @@ endef
 
 $(foreach lib,$(STUB_LIBS),$(eval $(call BUILD_lib,$(lib))))
 
+define BUILD_config
+ cp $< $@
+ for i in $(sort $(APP_LIBS) $(call xenlibs-dependencies,$(APP_LIBS))); do \
+   u=`echo $$i | tr a-z A-Z`; \
+   echo "CONFIG_LIBXEN$$u=y"; \
+ done >> $@
+endef
+
 xenstore/stamp: $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/xenstored/Makefile.common
 	$(do_links)
 
@@ -373,8 +381,12 @@ $(TARGETS_MINIOS): mini-os-%:
 # ioemu
 #######
 
-ioemu-minios-config.mk: $(CURDIR)/ioemu-minios.cfg
-	MINIOS_CONFIG="$<" CONFIG_FILE="$(CURDIR)/$@" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) config
+ioemu-minios.out.cfg: APP_LIBS = evtchn gnttab ctrl guest
+ioemu-minios.out.cfg: $(CURDIR)/ioemu-minios.cfg Makefile
+	$(BUILD_config)
+
+ioemu-minios-config.mk: ioemu-minios.out.cfg
+	MINIOS_CONFIG="$(CURDIR)/$<" CONFIG_FILE="$(CURDIR)/$@" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) config
 
 .PHONY: ioemu
 ioemu: cross-zlib cross-libpci libxenguest ioemu-minios-config.mk
@@ -435,8 +447,12 @@ grub-upstream: grub-$(GRUB_VERSION).tar.gz
 		patch -d $@ -p1 < $$i || exit 1; \
 	done
 
-grub-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)-minios-config.mk: $(CURDIR)/grub/minios.cfg
-	MINIOS_CONFIG="$<" CONFIG_FILE="$(CURDIR)/$@" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) config
+grub/minios.out.cfg: APP_LIBS = guest ctrl toollog
+grub/minios.out.cfg: $(CURDIR)/grub/minios.cfg Makefile
+	$(BUILD_config)
+
+grub-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)-minios-config.mk: grub/minios.out.cfg
+	MINIOS_CONFIG="$(CURDIR)/$<" CONFIG_FILE="$(CURDIR)/$@" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) config
 
 .PHONY: grub
 grub: cross-polarssl grub-upstream $(CROSS_ROOT) grub-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)-minios-config.mk
@@ -447,8 +463,12 @@ grub: cross-polarssl grub-upstream $(CROSS_ROOT) grub-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)-minios-
 # xenstore
 ##########
 
-xenstore-minios-config.mk: $(CURDIR)/xenstore-minios.cfg
-	MINIOS_CONFIG="$<" CONFIG_FILE="$(CURDIR)/$@" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) config
+xenstore-minios.out.cfg: APP_LIBS = gnttab evtchn toollog ctrl
+xenstore-minios.out.cfg: $(CURDIR)/xenstore-minios.cfg Makefile
+	$(BUILD_config)
+
+xenstore-minios-config.mk: xenstore-minios.out.cfg
+	MINIOS_CONFIG="$(CURDIR)/$<" CONFIG_FILE="$(CURDIR)/$@" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) config
 
 .PHONY: xenstore
 xenstore: $(CROSS_ROOT) xenstore-minios-config.mk
@@ -458,8 +478,12 @@ xenstore: $(CROSS_ROOT) xenstore-minios-config.mk
 # xenstorepvh
 #############
 
-xenstorepvh-minios-config.mk: $(CURDIR)/xenstorepvh-minios.cfg
-	MINIOS_CONFIG="$<" CONFIG_FILE="$(CURDIR)/$@" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) config
+xenstorepvh-minios.out.cfg: APP_LIBS = gnttab evtchn toollog ctrl
+xenstorepvh-minios.out.cfg: $(CURDIR)/xenstorepvh-minios.cfg Makefile
+	$(BUILD_config)
+
+xenstorepvh-minios-config.mk: xenstorepvh-minios.out.cfg
+	MINIOS_CONFIG="$(CURDIR)/$<" CONFIG_FILE="$(CURDIR)/$@" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) config
 
 .PHONY: xenstorepvh
 xenstorepvh: $(CROSS_ROOT) xenstorepvh-minios-config.mk
@@ -472,7 +496,7 @@ xenstorepvh: $(CROSS_ROOT) xenstorepvh-minios-config.mk
 .PHONY: ioemu-stubdom
 ioemu-stubdom: APP_OBJS=$(CURDIR)/ioemu/i386-stubdom/qemu.a $(CURDIR)/ioemu/i386-stubdom/libqemu.a $(CURDIR)/ioemu/libqemu_common.a
 ioemu-stubdom: mini-os-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)-ioemu lwip-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH) libxenguest ioemu
-	DEF_CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" DEF_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" DEF_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" MINIOS_CONFIG="$(CURDIR)/ioemu-minios.cfg" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) OBJ_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$< LWIPDIR=$(CURDIR)/lwip-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH) APP_OBJS="$(APP_OBJS)"
+	DEF_CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" DEF_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" DEF_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" MINIOS_CONFIG="$(CURDIR)/ioemu-minios.out.cfg" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) OBJ_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$< LWIPDIR=$(CURDIR)/lwip-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH) APP_OBJS="$(APP_OBJS)"
 
 .PHONY: c-stubdom
 c-stubdom: mini-os-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)-c lwip-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH) libxenguest c
@@ -488,7 +512,7 @@ vtpmmgr-stubdom: mini-os-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)-vtpmmgr vtpmmgr
 
 .PHONY: pv-grub
 pv-grub: mini-os-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)-grub libxenguest grub
-	DEF_CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" DEF_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" DEF_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" MINIOS_CONFIG="$(CURDIR)/grub/minios.cfg" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) OBJ_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$< APP_OBJS=$(CURDIR)/grub-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)/main.a
+	DEF_CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" DEF_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" DEF_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" MINIOS_CONFIG="$(CURDIR)/grub/minios.out.cfg" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) OBJ_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$< APP_OBJS=$(CURDIR)/grub-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)/main.a
 
 .PHONY: pv-grub-if-enabled
 ifneq ($(filter grub,$(STUBDOM_TARGETS)),)
@@ -499,11 +523,11 @@ endif
 
 .PHONY: xenstore-stubdom
 xenstore-stubdom: mini-os-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)-xenstore libxenguest xenstore
-	DEF_CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" DEF_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" DEF_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" MINIOS_CONFIG="$(CURDIR)/xenstore-minios.cfg" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) OBJ_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$< APP_OBJS=$(CURDIR)/xenstore/xenstored.a
+	DEF_CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" DEF_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" DEF_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" MINIOS_CONFIG="$(CURDIR)/xenstore-minios.out.cfg" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) OBJ_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$< APP_OBJS=$(CURDIR)/xenstore/xenstored.a
 
 .PHONY: xenstorepvh-stubdom
 xenstorepvh-stubdom: mini-os-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)-xenstorepvh libxenguest xenstorepvh
-	DEF_CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" DEF_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" DEF_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" MINIOS_CONFIG="$(CURDIR)/xenstorepvh-minios.cfg" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) OBJ_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$< APP_OBJS=$(CURDIR)/xenstorepvh/xenstored.a
+	DEF_CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" DEF_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" DEF_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" MINIOS_CONFIG="$(CURDIR)/xenstorepvh-minios.out.cfg" $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C $(MINI_OS) OBJ_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$< APP_OBJS=$(CURDIR)/xenstorepvh/xenstored.a
 
 #########
 # install
@@ -605,6 +629,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -fr grub-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)
 	rm -f $(STUBDOMPATH)
 	rm -f *-minios-config.mk
+	rm -f *.out.cfg
 	rm -fr pkg-config
 	-[ ! -d ioemu ] || $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C ioemu clean
 	-[ ! -d xenstore ] || $(MAKE) -f $(CURDIR)/xenlibs.mk -C xenstore clean
