diff --git a/packages/devel/libftdi/build b/packages/devel/libftdi/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f18488db84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/libftdi/build
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+ac_cv_path_HAVELIBUSB=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/libusb-config \
+LIBS="-lusb" \
+./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=/usr \
+            --disable-libftdipp \
+
+make
+$MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/devel/libftdi/install b/packages/devel/libftdi/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..17c0b6a02a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/libftdi/install
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options
+
+. config/options $1
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/src/.libs/libftdi.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
diff --git a/packages/devel/libftdi/meta b/packages/devel/libftdi/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1af8d689d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/libftdi/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="libftdi"
+PKG_VERSION="0.19"
+PKG_REV=1""
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/"
+PKG_URL="http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/download/libftdi-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libusb-compat"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="driver"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="libFTDI is an open source library to talk to FTDI chips"
+PKG_LONGDESC="libFTDI is an open source library to talk to FTDI chips"
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/lcdproc/meta b/packages/sysutils/lcdproc/meta
index 012cfec3ce..32806777ab 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/lcdproc/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/lcdproc/meta
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://lcdproc.org/"
 PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/lcdproc/lcdproc/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="libusb libhid"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libusb libhid"
+PKG_DEPENDS="libusb libhid libftdi"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libusb libhid libftdi"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="lcdproc: Software to display system information from your Linux/*BSD box on a LCD"
diff --git a/projects/Fusion/options b/projects/Fusion/options
index ec3da8afab..7fd75a0d9f 100755
--- a/projects/Fusion/options
+++ b/projects/Fusion/options
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 # 'all' compiles all drivers;
 # 'all,!xxx,!yyy' de-selects previously selected drivers
 # "none" for disable LCD support
-  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb"
+  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb,lis"
 
 # Modules to install in initramfs for early boot
   INITRAMFS_MODULES="uvesafb xhci-hcd"
diff --git a/projects/Generic/options b/projects/Generic/options
index 95ca5fb93c..a78ea58bee 100755
--- a/projects/Generic/options
+++ b/projects/Generic/options
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 # 'all' compiles all drivers;
 # 'all,!xxx,!yyy' de-selects previously selected drivers
 # "none" for disable LCD support
-  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb"
+  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb,lis"
 
 # Modules to install in initramfs for early boot
   INITRAMFS_MODULES="uvesafb xhci-hcd"
diff --git a/projects/Generic_OSS/options b/projects/Generic_OSS/options
index 9df7eeafeb..2c51632764 100755
--- a/projects/Generic_OSS/options
+++ b/projects/Generic_OSS/options
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 # 'all' compiles all drivers;
 # 'all,!xxx,!yyy' de-selects previously selected drivers
 # "none" for disable LCD support
-  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb"
+  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb,lis"
 
 # Modules to install in initramfs for early boot
   INITRAMFS_MODULES="uvesafb xhci-hcd"
diff --git a/projects/ION/options b/projects/ION/options
index 139da3b801..67b53edc8f 100755
--- a/projects/ION/options
+++ b/projects/ION/options
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 # 'all' compiles all drivers;
 # 'all,!xxx,!yyy' de-selects previously selected drivers
 # "none" for disable LCD support
-  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb"
+  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb,lis"
 
 # Modules to install in initramfs for early boot
   INITRAMFS_MODULES="uvesafb xhci-hcd"
diff --git a/projects/Intel/options b/projects/Intel/options
index 39ccf01abc..6761fd2afb 100755
--- a/projects/Intel/options
+++ b/projects/Intel/options
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 # 'all' compiles all drivers;
 # 'all,!xxx,!yyy' de-selects previously selected drivers
 # "none" for disable LCD support
-  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb"
+  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb,lis"
 
 # Modules to install in initramfs for early boot
   INITRAMFS_MODULES="xhci-hcd"
diff --git a/projects/RPi/options b/projects/RPi/options
index eec2ef81a9..88f42fabed 100755
--- a/projects/RPi/options
+++ b/projects/RPi/options
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 # 'all' compiles all drivers;
 # 'all,!xxx,!yyy' de-selects previously selected drivers
 # "none" for disable LCD support
-  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb"
+  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb,lis"
 
 # Modules to install in initramfs for early boot
   INITRAMFS_MODULES=""
diff --git a/projects/Virtual/options b/projects/Virtual/options
index d6fc175add..6463b0babd 100755
--- a/projects/Virtual/options
+++ b/projects/Virtual/options
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
 # 'all' compiles all drivers;
 # 'all,!xxx,!yyy' de-selects previously selected drivers
 # "none" for disable LCD support
-  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb"
+  LCD_DRIVER="irtrans,imon,imonlcd,mdm166a,MtxOrb,lis"
 
 # Modules to install in initramfs for early boot
   INITRAMFS_MODULES=""