diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-dharma/build b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-dharma/build
index 4c2c2ec4b8..bcb3e79948 100755
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-dharma/build
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-dharma/build
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ fi
   CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Os|-O2|"`
   LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||"`
 
+# setup skin dir from default skin
+  SKIN_DIR="skin.`tolower $SKIN_DEFAULT`"
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 ./bootstrap
@@ -106,6 +109,9 @@ $AUTORECONF xbmc/lib/libid3tag/libid3tag
             --disable-external-libdts \
             --enable-external-python \
 
+# setup default skin inside the sources
+  sed -i -e "s|skin.confluence|$SKIN_DIR|g" xbmc/Settings.h
+
 make externals
 make xbmc.bin
 make xbmc-xrandr