diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/comskip/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/comskip/package.mk
index 4d445ace0b..1adbb615ee 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/comskip/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/comskip/package.mk
@@ -2,20 +2,25 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="comskip"
-PKG_VERSION="6030aa0d3b589161ec96c6c986c48aa826fb9f72"
-PKG_SHA256="df0b4b0354aef5acc17e4e94a20a396fa69c474af7579c94aad09dd490e0ee38"
+PKG_VERSION="14dffb241fac0126e261d4ff5bf929479e2592b6"
+PKG_SHA256="025bfd532aa6ccfd513f4d88f34ec95a9b5a34c763ed13c17433b36415e5bfd4"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.kaashoek.com/comskip/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/erikkaashoek/Comskip/archive/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain argtable2 ffmpeg"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain argtable2 ffmpegx"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Comskip detects commercial breaks from a video stream. It can be used for post-processing recordings."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
-  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -ldl"
+  LDFLAGS+=" -ldl"
 
   export argtable2_CFLAGS="-I$(get_build_dir argtable2)/src"
   export argtable2_LIBS="-L$(get_build_dir argtable2)/src/.libs -largtable2"
+
+# pass ffmpegx to build
+  PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(get_build_dir ffmpegx)/.INSTALL_PKG/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig"
+  CFLAGS+=" -I$(get_build_dir ffmpegx)/.INSTALL_PKG/usr/local/include"
+  LDFLAGS+=" -L$(get_build_dir ffmpegx)/.INSTALL_PKG/usr/local/lib"
 }
 
 make_target() {