diff --git a/packages/devel/libcec/build b/packages/devel/libcec/build
index ae4137cbc6..9a7baab9e1 100755
--- a/packages/devel/libcec/build
+++ b/packages/devel/libcec/build
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+if [ "$OPENMAX" = "bcm2835-driver" ]; then
+  LIBCEC_RPI="--enable-rpi --with-rpi-include-path=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include --with-rpi-lib-path=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib"
+else
+  LIBCEC_RPI="--disable-rpi"
+fi
+
+# dont use some optimizations because of build problems
+  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||"`
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
@@ -29,6 +38,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --sysconfdir=/etc \
             --disable-static \
             --enable-shared \
+            $LIBCEC_RPI
 
 make
 
diff --git a/packages/devel/libcec/meta b/packages/devel/libcec/meta
index 2feec2870b..ce73e36a63 100644
--- a/packages/devel/libcec/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/libcec/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="libcec"
-PKG_VERSION="1.7.1"
+PKG_VERSION="1.8.0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="libCEC is an open-source dual licensed library designed for commun
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
+
+if [ "$OPENMAX" = "bcm2835-driver" ]; then
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS bcm2835-driver"
+  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS bcm2835-driver"
+fi