diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
index a4d798e006..8c0a7d8188 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ if [ ! -f "$ADDON_SETTINGS" ]; then
   cp $ADDON_DIR/settings-default.xml $ADDON_SETTINGS
 fi
 
+ADDON_CACHE_DIR="$ADDON_HOME/cache"
+if [ ! -f "$ADDON_CACHE_DIR" ]; then
+  mkdir -p $ADDON_CACHE_DIR
+fi
+
 mkdir -p /var/config
 cat "$ADDON_DIR/settings-default.xml" | awk -F\" '{print $2"=\""$4"\""}' | sed '/^=/d' > /var/config/vdr.conf.default
 cat "$ADDON_SETTINGS" | awk -F\" '{print $2"=\""$4"\""}' | sed '/^=/d' > /var/config/vdr.conf
@@ -50,6 +55,7 @@ cp $ADDON_DIR/config/epgsources/epgdata2xmltv/epgdata2xmltv.dist /var/lib/epgsou
 VDR_ARG="-g /tmp --no-kbd --log=3 --port=0"
 VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG --config=$ADDON_CONFIG_DIR"
 VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG --resdir=$ADDON_DIR/res"
+VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG --cachedir=$ADDON_CACHE_DIR"
 VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG --lib=$ADDON_PLUGIN_DIR"
 VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG --video=\"$VDR_VIDEO_DIR\""