diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 8e0b97e960..4dc4c7730d 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2540,7 +2540,7 @@ M: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
 S: Maintained
 F: hw/core/guest-loader.c
 F: docs/system/guest-loader.rst
-F: tests/avocado/boot_xen.py
+F: tests/functional/test_aarch64_xen.py
 
 Intel Hexadecimal Object File Loader
 M: Su Hang <suhang16@mails.ucas.ac.cn>
diff --git a/tests/functional/meson.build b/tests/functional/meson.build
index faaab1b358..1054287a1e 100644
--- a/tests/functional/meson.build
+++ b/tests/functional/meson.build
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ tests_aarch64_system_thorough = [
   'aarch64_tcg_plugins',
   'aarch64_tuxrun',
   'aarch64_virt',
+  'aarch64_xen',
   'aarch64_xlnx_versal',
   'multiprocess',
 ]
diff --git a/tests/avocado/boot_xen.py b/tests/functional/test_aarch64_xen.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 47%
rename from tests/avocado/boot_xen.py
rename to tests/functional/test_aarch64_xen.py
index 490a127a3e..339904221b
--- a/tests/avocado/boot_xen.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_aarch64_xen.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
 # Functional test that boots a Xen hypervisor with a domU kernel and
 # checks the console output is vaguely sane .
 #
@@ -11,40 +13,29 @@
 # This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
 # later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
-import os
-
-from avocado_qemu import wait_for_console_pattern
-from boot_linux_console import LinuxKernelTest
+from qemu_test import Asset, LinuxKernelTest, wait_for_console_pattern
 
 
 class BootXen(LinuxKernelTest):
     """
     Boots a Xen hypervisor with a Linux DomU kernel.
-
-    :avocado: tags=arch:aarch64
-    :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
-    :avocado: tags=cpu:cortex-a57
-    :avocado: tags=machine:virt
     """
 
     timeout = 90
     XEN_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE = 'dom0_mem=128M loglvl=all guest_loglvl=all'
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(BootXen, self).setUp()
-
-        # Using my own built kernel - which works
-        kernel_url = ('https://fileserver.linaro.org/'
-                      's/JSsewXGZ6mqxPr5/download?path=%2F&files='
-                      'linux-5.9.9-arm64-ajb')
-        kernel_sha1 = '4f92bc4b9f88d5ab792fa7a43a68555d344e1b83'
-        self.kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url,
-                                            asset_hash=kernel_sha1)
+    ASSET_KERNEL = Asset(
+        ('https://fileserver.linaro.org/s/JSsewXGZ6mqxPr5/'
+         'download?path=%2F&files=linux-5.9.9-arm64-ajb'),
+        '00366fa51ea957c19462d2e2aefd480bef80ce727120e714ae48e0c88f261edb')
 
     def launch_xen(self, xen_path):
         """
         Launch Xen with a dom0 guest kernel
         """
+        self.set_machine('virt')
+        self.cpu = "cortex-a57"
+        self.kernel_path = self.ASSET_KERNEL.fetch()
         self.log.info("launch with xen_path: %s", xen_path)
 
         self.vm.set_console()
@@ -62,34 +53,38 @@ def launch_xen(self, xen_path):
         console_pattern = 'VFS: Cannot open root device'
         wait_for_console_pattern(self, console_pattern, "Panic on CPU 0:")
 
+    ASSET_XEN_4_11 = Asset(
+        ('https://fileserver.linaro.org/s/JSsewXGZ6mqxPr5/download?path=%2F&'
+         'files=xen-hypervisor-4.11-arm64_4.11.4%2B37-g3263f257ca-1_arm64.deb'),
+        'b745c2631342f9fcc0147ddc364edb62c20ecfebd430e5a3546e7d7c6891c0bc')
+
     def test_arm64_xen_411_and_dom0(self):
         # archive of file from https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xen/
-        xen_url = ('https://fileserver.linaro.org/s/JSsewXGZ6mqxPr5/'
-                   'download?path=%2F&files='
-                   'xen-hypervisor-4.11-arm64_4.11.4%2B37-g3263f257ca-1_arm64.deb')
-        xen_sha1 = '034e634d4416adbad1212d59b62bccdcda63e62a'
-        xen_deb = self.fetch_asset(xen_url, asset_hash=xen_sha1)
-        xen_path = self.extract_from_deb(xen_deb, "/boot/xen-4.11-arm64")
-
+        xen_path = self.archive_extract(self.ASSET_XEN_4_11, format='deb',
+                                        member="boot/xen-4.11-arm64")
         self.launch_xen(xen_path)
 
+    ASSET_XEN_4_14 = Asset(
+        ('https://fileserver.linaro.org/s/JSsewXGZ6mqxPr5/download?path=%2F&'
+         'files=xen-hypervisor-4.14-arm64_4.14.0%2B80-gd101b417b7-1_arm64.deb'),
+        'e930a3293248edabd367d5b4b3b6448b9c99c057096ea8b47228a7870661d5cb')
+
     def test_arm64_xen_414_and_dom0(self):
         # archive of file from https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xen/
-        xen_url = ('https://fileserver.linaro.org/s/JSsewXGZ6mqxPr5/'
-                   'download?path=%2F&files='
-                   'xen-hypervisor-4.14-arm64_4.14.0%2B80-gd101b417b7-1_arm64.deb')
-        xen_sha1 = 'b9d209dd689ed2b393e625303a225badefec1160'
-        xen_deb = self.fetch_asset(xen_url, asset_hash=xen_sha1)
-        xen_path = self.extract_from_deb(xen_deb, "/boot/xen-4.14-arm64")
-
+        xen_path = self.archive_extract(self.ASSET_XEN_4_14, format='deb',
+                                        member="boot/xen-4.14-arm64")
         self.launch_xen(xen_path)
 
-    def test_arm64_xen_415_and_dom0(self):
-        xen_url = ('https://fileserver.linaro.org/'
-                   's/JSsewXGZ6mqxPr5/download'
-                   '?path=%2F&files=xen-upstream-4.15-unstable.deb')
-        xen_sha1 = 'fc191172b85cf355abb95d275a24cc0f6d6579d8'
-        xen_deb = self.fetch_asset(xen_url, asset_hash=xen_sha1)
-        xen_path = self.extract_from_deb(xen_deb, "/boot/xen-4.15-unstable")
+    ASSET_XEN_4_15 = Asset(
+        ('https://fileserver.linaro.org/s/JSsewXGZ6mqxPr5/download?path=%2F&'
+         'files=xen-upstream-4.15-unstable.deb'),
+        '2a9a8af8acf0231844657cc28baab95bd918b0ee2d493ee4ee6f8846e1358bc9')
 
+    def test_arm64_xen_415_and_dom0(self):
+        xen_path = self.archive_extract(self.ASSET_XEN_4_15, format='deb',
+                                        member="boot/xen-4.15-unstable")
         self.launch_xen(xen_path)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    LinuxKernelTest.main()
