diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 79313ff4c3..4ed23515b8 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -141,6 +141,19 @@ get_pkg_variable() {
   fi
 }
 
+install_binary_addon() {
+  local addon_name="$1" addon_id="$2" addon_so
+
+  mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$addon_id/
+  cp -R $PKG_BUILD/.install_pkg/usr/share/$MEDIACENTER/addons/$addon_name/* $ADDON_BUILD/$addon_id/
+
+  addon_so=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/addon/extension/@library_linux" $ADDON_BUILD/$addon_id/addon.xml)
+  if [ -n "$addon_so" ]; then
+    cp -L $PKG_BUILD/.install_pkg/usr/lib/$MEDIACENTER/addons/$addon_name/$addon_so $ADDON_BUILD/$addon_id/
+    chmod +x $ADDON_BUILD/$addon_id/$addon_so
+  fi
+}
+
 tolower() {
   echo "$@" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
 }
diff --git a/scripts/create_addon b/scripts/create_addon
index 79deba912a..ae9c959ebd 100755
--- a/scripts/create_addon
+++ b/scripts/create_addon
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ if [ "$PKG_IS_ADDON" = "yes" ] ; then
   if [ "$(type -t addon)" = "function" ]; then
     addon
   else
-    echo "*** unsupported package format. please convert your package ***"
-    exit 1
+    install_binary_addon $PKG_NAME $PKG_ADDON_ID
   fi
 
   # HACK for packages that provide multiple addons like screensavers.rsxs