diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
index 017ef42042..946ddd9e80 100755
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             $XBMC_WEBSERVER \
             --enable-optical-drive \
             $XBMC_BLURAY \
-            --enable-texturepacker \
+            --enable-texturepacker --with-texturepacker-root="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN" \
             --disable-external-libraries \
             --enable-external-ffmpeg \
 
@@ -266,3 +266,6 @@ make xbmc.bin
 if [ "$DISPLAYSERVER" = "xorg-server" ]; then
   make xbmc-xrandr
 fi
+
+make -C tools/TexturePacker
+cp -PR tools/TexturePacker/TexturePacker $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
index 704dd93f53..b911361efa 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
+# needed for hosttools (Texturepacker)
+  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS lzo-host SDL-host SDL_image-host"
+
+# some python stuff needed for various addons
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS Imaging"
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS simplejson"
+
 if [ "$DISPLAYSERVER" = "xorg-server" ]; then
   # for libX11 support
   PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS libX11 libXext"
@@ -143,10 +150,6 @@ if [ "$XVBA" = yes ]; then
   PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS xf86-video-fglrx"
 fi
 
-# some python stuff needed for various addons
-  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS Imaging"
-  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS simplejson"
-
 if [ "$PVR" = yes ]; then
   PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS xbmc-addon-xvdr xbmc-addon-vuplus"
 fi
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-11.0.1-321-texturepacker-hostflags-and-rework.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-11.0.1-321-texturepacker-hostflags-and-rework.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..507334d2e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-11.0.1-321-texturepacker-hostflags-and-rework.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+diff -Naur xbmc-pvr-11.0.1/configure.in xbmc-pvr-11.0.1.patch/configure.in
+--- xbmc-pvr-11.0.1/configure.in	2012-03-27 17:55:54.000000000 +0200
++++ xbmc-pvr-11.0.1.patch/configure.in	2012-06-19 04:44:55.985036378 +0200
+@@ -385,6 +385,12 @@
+   [use_texturepacker=$enableval],
+   [use_texturepacker=auto])
+ 
++AC_ARG_WITH([texturepacker-root],
++  [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-texturepacker-root],
++  [root dir to search for librarys and includes if building native TexturePacker (default is \$prefix)])],
++  [use_texturepacker_root=$withval],
++  [use_texturepacker_root=$prefix])
++
+ AC_ARG_WITH([lirc-device],
+   [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-lirc-device=file],
+   [specify the default LIRC device (default is /dev/lircd)])],
+@@ -466,8 +472,7 @@
+      use_cpu=cortex-a8
+      check_sdl_arch=[`file /opt/local/lib/libSDL_image.dylib | awk '{V=7; print $V}'`]
+      if test "x$check_sdl_arch" = "xi386"; then
+-       use_texturepacker_native=yes
+-       USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT="/opt/local"
++       use_texturepacker_root="/opt/local"
+      else
+        use_texturepacker=no
+      fi
+@@ -484,8 +489,6 @@
+   *86-apple-darwin*)
+      use_joystick=no
+      use_vtbdecoder=no
+-     use_texturepacker_native=yes
+-     USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT="$prefix"
+      ARCH="x86-osx"
+      AC_SUBST(ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_DARWIN -DTARGET_DARWIN_OSX -D_LINUX")
+      ;;
+@@ -1649,17 +1652,17 @@
+ 
+ USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE=0
+ if test "x$use_texturepacker" != "xno"; then
+-  final_message="$final_message\n  TexturePacker:Yes"
+-  USE_TEXTUREPACKER=1
+-  if test "x$use_texturepacker_native" = "xyes"; then
++  if test "x$cross_compiling" = "xyes"; then
+     USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE=1
+-    if [[ ! -d "$USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT" ]]; then 
+-      USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT= 
+-    fi
++    USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT="$use_texturepacker_root"
++    final_message="$final_message\n  TexturePacker:Native ($USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT)"
++  else
++    USE_TEXTUREPACKER=1
++    final_message="$final_message\n  TexturePacker:Yes"
+   fi
+ else
+-  final_message="$final_message\n  TexturePacker:No"
+   USE_TEXTUREPACKER=0
++  final_message="$final_message\n  TexturePacker:No"
+ fi
+ 
+ if test "$use_mid" = "yes"; then
+diff -Naur xbmc-pvr-11.0.1/lib/libsquish/Makefile.in xbmc-pvr-11.0.1.patch/lib/libsquish/Makefile.in
+--- xbmc-pvr-11.0.1/lib/libsquish/Makefile.in	2012-03-27 17:55:41.000000000 +0200
++++ xbmc-pvr-11.0.1.patch/lib/libsquish/Makefile.in	2012-06-19 02:45:32.926185206 +0200
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ ARCH=@ARCH@
+ 
+-SRCS= \
++SRCS             = \
+   alpha.cpp \
+   clusterfit.cpp \
+   colourblock.cpp \
+@@ -11,27 +11,30 @@
+   singlecolourfit.cpp \
+   squish.cpp
+ 
+-CXXFLAGS+=-I.
++LIB              = libsquish.a
++NATIVE_LIB       = libsquish-native.so
++CLEAN_FILES     += $(NATIVE_LIB)
++
++HOST_CXX        ?= g++
++CXXFLAGS        += -I.
++HOST_CXXFLAGS   += -I.
++
+ ifeq ($(findstring powerpc,$(ARCH)),powerpc)
+-  CXXFLAGS+=-DSQUISH_USE_ALTIVEC=1 -maltivec
++  CXXFLAGS      += -DSQUISH_USE_ALTIVEC=1 -maltivec
++  HOST_CXXFLAGS += -DSQUISH_USE_ALTIVEC=1 -maltivec
+ else ifeq ($(findstring x86,$(ARCH)), x86)
+-  CXXFLAGS+=-DSQUISH_USE_SSE=2 -msse2
++  CXXFLAGS      += -DSQUISH_USE_SSE=2 -msse2
++  HOST_CXXFLAGS += -DSQUISH_USE_SSE=2 -msse2
+ endif
+ 
+-LIB=libsquish.a
+-
+-ifeq (@USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE@,1)
+-NATIVE_LIB=libsquish-native.so
+-CLEAN_FILES+=$(NATIVE_LIB)
++$(LIB): $(SRCS)
+ 
+-all: $(LIB) $(NATIVE_LIB)
+ # TexturePacker links to libsquish and needs to run on build system, so make a native flavor.
+ $(NATIVE_LIB): $(SRCS)
+ ifeq ($(findstring osx,$(ARCH)),osx)
+-	g++ -m32 -DSQUISH_USE_SSE=2 -msse2 -I. $(SRCS) -dynamiclib -install_name `pwd`/libsquish-native.so -o $@
++	$(HOST_CXX) -m32 $(HOST_CXXFLAGS) $(SRCS) -dynamiclib -install_name `pwd`/libsquish-native.so -o $@
+ else
+-	g++ -DSQUISH_USE_SSE=2 -msse2 -I. $(SRCS) -shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname,`pwd`/libsquish-native.so -o $@
+-endif
++	$(HOST_CXX) $(HOST_CXXFLAGS) $(SRCS) -shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname,`pwd`/libsquish-native.so -o $@
+ endif
+ 
+ include ../../Makefile.include
+diff -Naur xbmc-pvr-11.0.1/tools/TexturePacker/Makefile.in xbmc-pvr-11.0.1.patch/tools/TexturePacker/Makefile.in
+--- xbmc-pvr-11.0.1/tools/TexturePacker/Makefile.in	2012-03-27 17:55:51.000000000 +0200
++++ xbmc-pvr-11.0.1.patch/tools/TexturePacker/Makefile.in	2012-06-19 04:47:54.700638167 +0200
+@@ -1,47 +1,52 @@
+-DEFINES += -D_LINUX -DUSE_LZO_PACKING
++DEFINES       += -D_LINUX -DUSE_LZO_PACKING
+ ifneq ($(or $(findstring powerpc,@ARCH@),$(findstring ppc, @ARCH@)),)
+-DEFINES += -DHOST_BIGENDIAN
++DEFINES       += -DHOST_BIGENDIAN
+ endif
+ 
+-CXXFLAGS+= \
+-  -I. \
+-  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/lib \
+-  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc \
+-  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc/linux
+-
+-ifeq (@USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE@,1)
+-NATIVE_ROOT_PATH=@USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT@
+-ifdef NATIVE_ROOT_PATH
+-ifeq ($(findstring osx,@ARCH@),osx)
+-CXXFLAGS+= -m32
+-endif
+-CXXFLAGS+= -I$(NATIVE_ROOT_PATH)/include
+-LIBS    += -L$(NATIVE_ROOT_PATH)/lib
+-endif
+-LIBS    += -L@abs_top_srcdir@/lib/libsquish -lsquish-native
+-else
+-LIBS    += -L@abs_top_srcdir@/lib/libsquish -lsquish
+-endif
+-
+-LIBS    += -lSDL_image -lSDL -llzo2
+-
+-SRCS = \
++SRCS           = \
+   md5.cpp \
+   SDL_anigif.cpp \
+   XBTFWriter.cpp \
+   XBMCTex.cpp \
+   @abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc/guilib/XBTF.cpp
+ 
+-
+-TARGET = TexturePacker
+-CLEAN_FILES=$(TARGET)
++TARGET         = TexturePacker
++CLEAN_FILES    = $(TARGET)
+ 
+ all: $(TARGET)
+ 
++HOST_CXX      ?= g++
++HOST_ROOT_PATH = @USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT@
++
++LIBS          += -lSDL_image -lSDL -llzo2
++LIBS          += -L@abs_top_srcdir@/lib/libsquish -lsquish
++HOST_LIBS     += -L$(HOST_ROOT_PATH)/lib -lSDL_image -lSDL -llzo2
++HOST_LIBS     += -L@abs_top_srcdir@/lib/libsquish -lsquish-native
++
++CXXFLAGS      += \
++  -I. \
++  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/lib \
++  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc \
++  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc/linux
++
++HOST_CXXFLAGS += \
++  -I. \
++  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/lib \
++  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc \
++  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc/linux \
++  -I$(HOST_ROOT_PATH)/include
++
++ifeq ($(findstring osx,@ARCH@),osx)
++CXXFLAGS      += -m32
++HOST_CXXFLAGS += -m32
++endif
++
+ ifeq (@USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE@,1)
+ # TexturePacker run native on build system, build it with native tools
+ $(TARGET): $(SRCS)
+-	g++ $(DEFINES) $(CXXFLAGS) $(SRCS) $(LIBS) -o $(TARGET)
++	make -C @abs_top_srcdir@/lib/libsquish libsquish-native.so
++	$(HOST_CXX) $(DEFINES) $(HOST_CXXFLAGS) $(SRCS) $(HOST_LIBS) -o $(TARGET)
++
+ clean:
+ 	rm -f $(TARGET)
+ else
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-pvr-11.0.1-321-texturepacker-hostflags-and-rework.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-pvr-11.0.1-321-texturepacker-hostflags-and-rework.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..507334d2e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-pvr-11.0.1-321-texturepacker-hostflags-and-rework.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+diff -Naur xbmc-pvr-11.0.1/configure.in xbmc-pvr-11.0.1.patch/configure.in
+--- xbmc-pvr-11.0.1/configure.in	2012-03-27 17:55:54.000000000 +0200
++++ xbmc-pvr-11.0.1.patch/configure.in	2012-06-19 04:44:55.985036378 +0200
+@@ -385,6 +385,12 @@
+   [use_texturepacker=$enableval],
+   [use_texturepacker=auto])
+ 
++AC_ARG_WITH([texturepacker-root],
++  [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-texturepacker-root],
++  [root dir to search for librarys and includes if building native TexturePacker (default is \$prefix)])],
++  [use_texturepacker_root=$withval],
++  [use_texturepacker_root=$prefix])
++
+ AC_ARG_WITH([lirc-device],
+   [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-lirc-device=file],
+   [specify the default LIRC device (default is /dev/lircd)])],
+@@ -466,8 +472,7 @@
+      use_cpu=cortex-a8
+      check_sdl_arch=[`file /opt/local/lib/libSDL_image.dylib | awk '{V=7; print $V}'`]
+      if test "x$check_sdl_arch" = "xi386"; then
+-       use_texturepacker_native=yes
+-       USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT="/opt/local"
++       use_texturepacker_root="/opt/local"
+      else
+        use_texturepacker=no
+      fi
+@@ -484,8 +489,6 @@
+   *86-apple-darwin*)
+      use_joystick=no
+      use_vtbdecoder=no
+-     use_texturepacker_native=yes
+-     USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT="$prefix"
+      ARCH="x86-osx"
+      AC_SUBST(ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_DARWIN -DTARGET_DARWIN_OSX -D_LINUX")
+      ;;
+@@ -1649,17 +1652,17 @@
+ 
+ USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE=0
+ if test "x$use_texturepacker" != "xno"; then
+-  final_message="$final_message\n  TexturePacker:Yes"
+-  USE_TEXTUREPACKER=1
+-  if test "x$use_texturepacker_native" = "xyes"; then
++  if test "x$cross_compiling" = "xyes"; then
+     USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE=1
+-    if [[ ! -d "$USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT" ]]; then 
+-      USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT= 
+-    fi
++    USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT="$use_texturepacker_root"
++    final_message="$final_message\n  TexturePacker:Native ($USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT)"
++  else
++    USE_TEXTUREPACKER=1
++    final_message="$final_message\n  TexturePacker:Yes"
+   fi
+ else
+-  final_message="$final_message\n  TexturePacker:No"
+   USE_TEXTUREPACKER=0
++  final_message="$final_message\n  TexturePacker:No"
+ fi
+ 
+ if test "$use_mid" = "yes"; then
+diff -Naur xbmc-pvr-11.0.1/lib/libsquish/Makefile.in xbmc-pvr-11.0.1.patch/lib/libsquish/Makefile.in
+--- xbmc-pvr-11.0.1/lib/libsquish/Makefile.in	2012-03-27 17:55:41.000000000 +0200
++++ xbmc-pvr-11.0.1.patch/lib/libsquish/Makefile.in	2012-06-19 02:45:32.926185206 +0200
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ ARCH=@ARCH@
+ 
+-SRCS= \
++SRCS             = \
+   alpha.cpp \
+   clusterfit.cpp \
+   colourblock.cpp \
+@@ -11,27 +11,30 @@
+   singlecolourfit.cpp \
+   squish.cpp
+ 
+-CXXFLAGS+=-I.
++LIB              = libsquish.a
++NATIVE_LIB       = libsquish-native.so
++CLEAN_FILES     += $(NATIVE_LIB)
++
++HOST_CXX        ?= g++
++CXXFLAGS        += -I.
++HOST_CXXFLAGS   += -I.
++
+ ifeq ($(findstring powerpc,$(ARCH)),powerpc)
+-  CXXFLAGS+=-DSQUISH_USE_ALTIVEC=1 -maltivec
++  CXXFLAGS      += -DSQUISH_USE_ALTIVEC=1 -maltivec
++  HOST_CXXFLAGS += -DSQUISH_USE_ALTIVEC=1 -maltivec
+ else ifeq ($(findstring x86,$(ARCH)), x86)
+-  CXXFLAGS+=-DSQUISH_USE_SSE=2 -msse2
++  CXXFLAGS      += -DSQUISH_USE_SSE=2 -msse2
++  HOST_CXXFLAGS += -DSQUISH_USE_SSE=2 -msse2
+ endif
+ 
+-LIB=libsquish.a
+-
+-ifeq (@USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE@,1)
+-NATIVE_LIB=libsquish-native.so
+-CLEAN_FILES+=$(NATIVE_LIB)
++$(LIB): $(SRCS)
+ 
+-all: $(LIB) $(NATIVE_LIB)
+ # TexturePacker links to libsquish and needs to run on build system, so make a native flavor.
+ $(NATIVE_LIB): $(SRCS)
+ ifeq ($(findstring osx,$(ARCH)),osx)
+-	g++ -m32 -DSQUISH_USE_SSE=2 -msse2 -I. $(SRCS) -dynamiclib -install_name `pwd`/libsquish-native.so -o $@
++	$(HOST_CXX) -m32 $(HOST_CXXFLAGS) $(SRCS) -dynamiclib -install_name `pwd`/libsquish-native.so -o $@
+ else
+-	g++ -DSQUISH_USE_SSE=2 -msse2 -I. $(SRCS) -shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname,`pwd`/libsquish-native.so -o $@
+-endif
++	$(HOST_CXX) $(HOST_CXXFLAGS) $(SRCS) -shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname,`pwd`/libsquish-native.so -o $@
+ endif
+ 
+ include ../../Makefile.include
+diff -Naur xbmc-pvr-11.0.1/tools/TexturePacker/Makefile.in xbmc-pvr-11.0.1.patch/tools/TexturePacker/Makefile.in
+--- xbmc-pvr-11.0.1/tools/TexturePacker/Makefile.in	2012-03-27 17:55:51.000000000 +0200
++++ xbmc-pvr-11.0.1.patch/tools/TexturePacker/Makefile.in	2012-06-19 04:47:54.700638167 +0200
+@@ -1,47 +1,52 @@
+-DEFINES += -D_LINUX -DUSE_LZO_PACKING
++DEFINES       += -D_LINUX -DUSE_LZO_PACKING
+ ifneq ($(or $(findstring powerpc,@ARCH@),$(findstring ppc, @ARCH@)),)
+-DEFINES += -DHOST_BIGENDIAN
++DEFINES       += -DHOST_BIGENDIAN
+ endif
+ 
+-CXXFLAGS+= \
+-  -I. \
+-  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/lib \
+-  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc \
+-  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc/linux
+-
+-ifeq (@USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE@,1)
+-NATIVE_ROOT_PATH=@USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT@
+-ifdef NATIVE_ROOT_PATH
+-ifeq ($(findstring osx,@ARCH@),osx)
+-CXXFLAGS+= -m32
+-endif
+-CXXFLAGS+= -I$(NATIVE_ROOT_PATH)/include
+-LIBS    += -L$(NATIVE_ROOT_PATH)/lib
+-endif
+-LIBS    += -L@abs_top_srcdir@/lib/libsquish -lsquish-native
+-else
+-LIBS    += -L@abs_top_srcdir@/lib/libsquish -lsquish
+-endif
+-
+-LIBS    += -lSDL_image -lSDL -llzo2
+-
+-SRCS = \
++SRCS           = \
+   md5.cpp \
+   SDL_anigif.cpp \
+   XBTFWriter.cpp \
+   XBMCTex.cpp \
+   @abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc/guilib/XBTF.cpp
+ 
+-
+-TARGET = TexturePacker
+-CLEAN_FILES=$(TARGET)
++TARGET         = TexturePacker
++CLEAN_FILES    = $(TARGET)
+ 
+ all: $(TARGET)
+ 
++HOST_CXX      ?= g++
++HOST_ROOT_PATH = @USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE_ROOT@
++
++LIBS          += -lSDL_image -lSDL -llzo2
++LIBS          += -L@abs_top_srcdir@/lib/libsquish -lsquish
++HOST_LIBS     += -L$(HOST_ROOT_PATH)/lib -lSDL_image -lSDL -llzo2
++HOST_LIBS     += -L@abs_top_srcdir@/lib/libsquish -lsquish-native
++
++CXXFLAGS      += \
++  -I. \
++  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/lib \
++  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc \
++  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc/linux
++
++HOST_CXXFLAGS += \
++  -I. \
++  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/lib \
++  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc \
++  -I@abs_top_srcdir@/xbmc/linux \
++  -I$(HOST_ROOT_PATH)/include
++
++ifeq ($(findstring osx,@ARCH@),osx)
++CXXFLAGS      += -m32
++HOST_CXXFLAGS += -m32
++endif
++
+ ifeq (@USE_TEXTUREPACKER_NATIVE@,1)
+ # TexturePacker run native on build system, build it with native tools
+ $(TARGET): $(SRCS)
+-	g++ $(DEFINES) $(CXXFLAGS) $(SRCS) $(LIBS) -o $(TARGET)
++	make -C @abs_top_srcdir@/lib/libsquish libsquish-native.so
++	$(HOST_CXX) $(DEFINES) $(HOST_CXXFLAGS) $(SRCS) $(HOST_LIBS) -o $(TARGET)
++
+ clean:
+ 	rm -f $(TARGET)
+ else