diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.99-Allow_Dim_screensaver_to_animate_when_closing.patch b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.99-Allow_Dim_screensaver_to_animate_when_closing.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a5220807e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.99-Allow_Dim_screensaver_to_animate_when_closing.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+diff -Naur kodi-15.2-02e7013/xbmc/windows/GUIWindowScreensaverDim.cpp kodi-15.2-02e7013.patch/xbmc/windows/GUIWindowScreensaverDim.cpp
+--- kodi-15.2-02e7013/xbmc/windows/GUIWindowScreensaverDim.cpp	2015-10-20 23:51:49.000000000 +0200
++++ kodi-15.2-02e7013.patch/xbmc/windows/GUIWindowScreensaverDim.cpp	2015-10-26 08:33:22.899595510 +0100
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
+ {
+   m_needsScaling = false;
+   m_dimLevel = 100.0f;
++  m_newDimLevel = 100.0f;
+   m_animations.push_back(CAnimation::CreateFader(0, 100, 0, 1000, ANIM_TYPE_WINDOW_OPEN));
+   m_animations.push_back(CAnimation::CreateFader(100, 0, 0, 1000, ANIM_TYPE_WINDOW_CLOSE));
+   m_renderOrder = INT_MAX;
+@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@
+ 
+ void CGUIWindowScreensaverDim::UpdateVisibility()
+ {
+-  m_dimLevel = g_application.GetDimScreenSaverLevel();
+-  if (m_dimLevel)
++  m_newDimLevel = g_application.GetDimScreenSaverLevel();
++  if (m_newDimLevel)
+     Show();
+   else
+     Close();
+@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@
+ 
+ void CGUIWindowScreensaverDim::Process(unsigned int currentTime, CDirtyRegionList &dirtyregions)
+ {
++  if (m_newDimLevel != m_dimLevel && !IsAnimating(ANIM_TYPE_WINDOW_CLOSE))
++    m_dimLevel = m_newDimLevel;
+   CGUIDialog::Process(currentTime, dirtyregions);
+   m_renderRegion.SetRect(0, 0, (float)g_graphicsContext.GetWidth(), (float)g_graphicsContext.GetHeight());
+ }
+diff -Naur kodi-15.2-02e7013/xbmc/windows/GUIWindowScreensaverDim.h kodi-15.2-02e7013.patch/xbmc/windows/GUIWindowScreensaverDim.h
+--- kodi-15.2-02e7013/xbmc/windows/GUIWindowScreensaverDim.h	2015-10-20 23:51:49.000000000 +0200
++++ kodi-15.2-02e7013.patch/xbmc/windows/GUIWindowScreensaverDim.h	2015-10-26 08:29:37.079092044 +0100
+@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@
+   virtual void UpdateVisibility();
+ private:
+   float m_dimLevel;
++  float m_newDimLevel;
+ };