diff --git a/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/changelog.txt
index 7403cb4412..49e51d68f6 100644
--- a/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/changelog.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+1.90.1
+- depends on xbmc.python API 2.0
+
 1.90.0
 - initial version xbmc-wiimote
diff --git a/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/meta b/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/meta
index d178991dd1..a0a868722e 100644
--- a/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/meta
+++ b/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/meta
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 PKG_NAME="xbmc-wiimote"
 PKG_VERSION="1.90"
-PKG_REV="0"
+PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.xbmc.org"
diff --git a/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/source/bin/wiimote.service b/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/source/bin/wiimote.service
index 9a47b482ca..bb3ff173e7 100755
--- a/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/source/bin/wiimote.service
+++ b/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/source/bin/wiimote.service
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
 
+. /etc/profile
+
 # Addon settings
   ADDON_DIR="$HOME/.xbmc/addons/driver.remote.xbmc-wiimote"
   ADDON_HOME="$HOME/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/driver.remote.xbmc-wiimote"
 
-
 ################################################################################
 # start ps3d
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/source/default.py b/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/source/default.py
index 18c9e9113c..1402281e15 100644
--- a/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/source/default.py
+++ b/packages/addons/driver/xbmc-wiimote/source/default.py
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
 
-import xbmc, time, os, subprocess
+import os
+import sys
+import xbmcaddon
 
-os.system("wiimote.service")
+__scriptname__ = "WiiMote driver"
+__author__ = "OpenELEC"
+__url__ = "http://www.openelec.tv"
+__settings__   = xbmcaddon.Addon(id='driver.remote.xbmc-wiimote')
+__cwd__        = __settings__.getAddonInfo('path')
+__path__       = xbmc.translatePath( os.path.join( __cwd__, 'bin', "wiimote.service") )
+
+os.system(__path__)