diff --git a/packages/linux-firmware/cpu-firmware/package.mk b/packages/linux-firmware/cpu-firmware/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..953a61c56c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/linux-firmware/cpu-firmware/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="cpu-firmware"
+PKG_VERSION="9885c9c"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="i386 x86_64"
+PKG_LICENSE="other"
+PKG_SITE="https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/microcode_ctl.git/"
+PKG_GIT_URL="https://github.com/OpenELEC/cpu-firmware.git"
+PKG_GIT_BRANCH="master"
+PKG_DEPENDS_INIT="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="linux-firmware"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="cpu-microcode: Intel and AMD CPU microcodes"
+PKG_LONGDESC="cpu-microcode: Intel and AMD CPU microcodes"
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+make_init() {
+  : # nothing todo
+}
+
+makeinstall_init() {
+  DESTDIR=$INSTALL ./install
+}
+
+make_target() {
+  : # nothing todo
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  DESTDIR=$INSTALL ./install
+}
diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index 7f0f4c6f39..dfebdc6412 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.kernel.org"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain cpio:host kmod:host pciutils xz:host wireless-regdb keyutils"
-PKG_DEPENDS_INIT="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_INIT="toolchain cpu-firmware:init"
 PKG_NEED_UNPACK="$LINUX_DEPENDS"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="linux"