diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-100.30-addons-refresh-etc-environment.patch b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-100.30-addons-refresh-etc-environment.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e885db9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-100.30-addons-refresh-etc-environment.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+From 8c8803dc15ea7820f0f980bc12fcea2c7b8c4487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: MilhouseVH <milhouseVH.github@nmacleod.com>
+Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:51:23 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] refresh /etc/environment on install and uninstall
+
+---
+ xbmc/addons/Addon.cpp | 6 ++++++
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/xbmc/addons/Addon.cpp b/xbmc/addons/Addon.cpp
+index 8a4bd0b..1046ab4 100644
+--- a/xbmc/addons/Addon.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/addons/Addon.cpp
+@@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ void OnPostInstall(const AddonPtr& addon, bool update, bool modal)
+   // OE
+ 
+   addon->OnPostInstall(update, modal);
++ 
++  if (addon->Type() == ADDON_SERVICE || addon->Type() == ADDON_SCRIPT)
++    system("/usr/bin/environment-setup");
+ }
+ 
+ void OnPreUnInstall(const AddonPtr& addon)
+@@ -455,6 +458,9 @@ void OnPreUnInstall(const AddonPtr& addon)
+ void OnPostUnInstall(const AddonPtr& addon)
+ {
+   addon->OnPostUnInstall();
++
++  if (addon->Type() == ADDON_SERVICE || addon->Type() == ADDON_SCRIPT)
++    system("/usr/bin/environment-setup");
+ }
+ 
+ } /* namespace ADDON */
+-- 
+2.20.1
+