diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/pvr.stalker/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/pvr.stalker/package.mk
index f5d9264b59..0d96eaad64 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/pvr.stalker/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/pvr.stalker/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="pvr.stalker"
-PKG_VERSION="ad1f7d6"
+PKG_VERSION="b465352"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi-theme-Estuary/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi-theme-Estuary/package.mk
index 8d81703d09..846c34c4a8 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi-theme-Estuary/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi-theme-Estuary/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="kodi-theme-Estuary"
-PKG_VERSION="17.0-alpha2-d9fd774"
+PKG_VERSION="17.0-alpha2-f3ca4eaf9"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index f9f7279fa5..a6510451d7 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="kodi"
-PKG_VERSION="17.0-alpha2-d9fd774"
+PKG_VERSION="17.0-alpha2-f3ca4eaf9"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_kodi b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_kodi
index ac03dc95db..2e365ed8e5 100755
--- a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_kodi
+++ b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_kodi
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-  echo "Usage: $0 <branch-name>"
+  echo "Usage: $0 <branch-name> [git-rev]"
   exit 0
 fi
 
 PKG_NAME="kodi"
 PKG_VERSION=""
 BRANCH="$1"
+GIT_REV="$2"
 GIT_REPO="git://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git"
 DEST_DIR="$PKG_NAME-$BRANCH"
 
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ echo "getting sources..."
   cd $DEST_DIR.git
   git pull
 
+  # use a specific git rev, rather than HEAD
+  [ -n "$GIT_REV" ] && git reset --hard $GIT_REV
+
 echo "getting version..."
   GIT_HASH=`git log -n1 --format=%h`
   VERSION_MAJOR=$(grep ^VERSION_MAJOR version.txt | cut -d" " -f2)