diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
index 3884b5899f..40b8ed4b54 100755
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ else
   XBMC_NONFREE="--disable-non-free"
 fi
 
+if [ "$DVDCSS_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
+  XBMC_DVDCSS="--enable-dvdcss"
+else
+  XBMC_DVDCSS="--disable-dvdcss"
+fi
+
 if [ "$AVAHI_DAEMON" = yes ]; then
   $SCRIPTS/build avahi
   XBMC_AVAHI="--enable-avahi"
@@ -136,7 +142,7 @@ $AUTORECONF xbmc/lib/libid3tag/libid3tag
             --disable-pulse \
             --enable-ffmpeg-libvorbis \
             --enable-faac \
-            --enable-dvdcss \
+            $XBMC_DVDCSS \
             --disable-mid \
             $XBMC_AVAHI \
             --disable-hal \
diff --git a/projects/ION/options b/projects/ION/options
index f765bbba61..9f492b16e9 100644
--- a/projects/ION/options
+++ b/projects/ION/options
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
 # (RAR compression support in XBMC) (yes / no)
   NONFREE_SUPPORT="yes"
 
+# build and install with DVDCSS support
+# (DVD decryption support in XBMC) (yes / no)
+  DVDCSS_SUPPORT="yes"
+
 # build with network support (yes / no)
   NETWORK="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/generic/options b/projects/generic/options
index afc408bf60..8dfe247278 100644
--- a/projects/generic/options
+++ b/projects/generic/options
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
 # (RAR compression support in XBMC) (yes / no)
   NONFREE_SUPPORT="yes"
 
+# build and install with DVDCSS support
+# (DVD decryption support in XBMC) (yes / no)
+  DVDCSS_SUPPORT="yes"
+
 # build with network support (yes / no)
   NETWORK="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/intel/options b/projects/intel/options
index ebe6dcdaff..8117b50817 100644
--- a/projects/intel/options
+++ b/projects/intel/options
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
 # (RAR compression support in XBMC) (yes / no)
   NONFREE_SUPPORT="yes"
 
+# build and install with DVDCSS support
+# (DVD decryption support in XBMC) (yes / no)
+  DVDCSS_SUPPORT="yes"
+
 # build with network support (yes / no)
   NETWORK="yes"