diff --git a/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Platform.c b/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Platform.c
index a811e72ee3..e60478fdb4 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Platform.c
+++ b/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Platform.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <Library/PciLib.h>
 #include <Library/PeimEntryPoint.h>
 #include <Library/PeiServicesLib.h>
+#include <Library/QemuFwCfgS3Lib.h>
 #include <Library/ResourcePublicationLib.h>
 #include <Guid/MemoryTypeInformation.h>
 #include <Ppi/MasterBootMode.h>
@@ -423,6 +424,8 @@ InitializeXenPlatform (
   IN CONST EFI_PEI_SERVICES     **PeiServices
   )
 {
+  EFI_STATUS    Status;
+
   DEBUG ((DEBUG_INFO, "Platform PEIM Loaded\n"));
 
   DebugDumpCmos ();
@@ -433,6 +436,16 @@ InitializeXenPlatform (
     CpuDeadLoop ();
   }
 
+  //
+  // This S3 conditional test is mainly for HVM Direct Kernel Boot since
+  // QEMU fwcfg isn't really supported other than that.
+  //
+  if (QemuFwCfgS3Enabled ()) {
+    DEBUG ((DEBUG_INFO, "S3 support was detected on QEMU\n"));
+    Status = PcdSetBoolS (PcdAcpiS3Enable, TRUE);
+    ASSERT_EFI_ERROR (Status);
+  }
+
   XenConnect ();
 
   BootModeInitialization ();
diff --git a/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/XenPlatformPei.inf b/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/XenPlatformPei.inf
index 597cb6fcd7..20c27ff34b 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/XenPlatformPei.inf
+++ b/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/XenPlatformPei.inf
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
   ResourcePublicationLib
   PeiServicesLib
   PeimEntryPoint
+  QemuFwCfgS3Lib
   MtrrLib
   MemEncryptSevLib
   PcdLib
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
   gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdPciMmio64Base
   gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdPciMmio64Size
   gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdQ35TsegMbytes
+  gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdAcpiS3Enable
   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdFlashNvStorageFtwSpareSize
   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdEmuVariableNvStoreReserved
   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdDxeIplSwitchToLongMode