diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/harfbuzz/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/harfbuzz/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de62ae1bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/harfbuzz/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of LibreELEC - https://libreelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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.
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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 LibreELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="harfbuzz"
+PKG_VERSION="1.8.1"
+PKG_SHA256="fbed6392ddb085e45e6090a9f389f72926d0e355f4b0a2ef51d35cf21686df45"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz"
+PKG_URL="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain cairo freetype glib icu"
+PKG_LONGDESC="HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine."
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="configure"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--with-icu \
+                           --disable-gtk-doc \
+                           --disable-gtk-doc-html \
+                           --disable-gtk-doc-pdf"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -ldl"
+}
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/harfbuzz/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/harfbuzz/package.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e28b2ca41..0000000000
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/harfbuzz/package.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program 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, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program 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.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-PKG_NAME="harfbuzz"
-PKG_VERSION="1.4.5"
-PKG_SHA256="d0e05438165884f21658154c709075feaf98c93ee5c694b951533ac425a9a711"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
-PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
-PKG_SITE="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz"
-PKG_URL="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain glib freetype icu"
-PKG_SECTION="x11/toolkits"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="harfbuzz: an OpenType text shaping engine."
-PKG_LONGDESC="HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine."
-
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--with-icu=yes"
-
-if [ "$DISPLAYSERVER" = "x11" ] ; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" cairo"
-fi
-
-pre_configure_target() {
-  export LIBS="-ldl"
-}