diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-iptv/patches/vdr-iptv-0.5.0-skip_header_processing.patch b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-iptv/patches/vdr-iptv-0.5.0-skip_header_processing.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fe6f94932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-iptv/patches/vdr-iptv-0.5.0-skip_header_processing.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+commit 67d5e792aa30100b111490c3c9e1c01f9def3c86
+Author: Stefan Saraev <stefan@saraev.ca>
+Date:   Thu Mar 15 00:02:50 2012 +0200
+
+    vdr-iptv: skip header processing
+
+diff --git a/protocolhttp.c b/protocolhttp.c
+index 2d5277a..9b305aa 100644
+--- a/protocolhttp.c
++++ b/protocolhttp.c
+@@ -154,17 +154,7 @@ bool cIptvProtocolHttp::ProcessHeaders(void)
+     memset(buf, '\0', sizeof(buf));
+     if (!GetHeaderLine(buf, sizeof(buf), lineLength))
+        return false;
+-    if (!responseFound && sscanf(buf, "HTTP/1.%*i %i ", &response) != 1) {
+-       error("Expected HTTP header not found\n");
+-       continue;
+-       }
+-    else
+-       responseFound = true;
+-    // Allow only 'OK' and 'Partial Content'
+-    if ((response != 200) && (response != 206)) {
+-       error("Invalid HTTP response (%d): %s\n", response, buf);
+-       return false;
+-       }
++      responseFound = true;
+     }
+   return true;
+ }